The South Korean won was weak but off its lows after a volatile session, which saw it swing between speculative demand for cheap dollars and unwinding of long dollar positions on expectations of more dollar supplies for the rest of the month.
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The rupiah's decline to a new historic low against the U . S . dollar Wednesday is causing heavy speculative demand for dollars on the peso market, particularly from companies that haven't tapped a currency risk protection facility offered by the central bank.
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The Philippine peso closed at a record low against the U . S . dollar in moderate trading, dominated by speculative demand for the U . S . currency from investors worried that current political wrangling will lead to further weakness in the local currency, traders said.
