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KOREA: USDKRW has risen ~0.2% on the back of the weak Korean manufacturing PMI
reading which fall to 48.3 from 49.8, marking the joint lowest reading since
2016. New export order contracted for a sixth straight month as the country
suffers from the global trade slowdown. 
- Headlines of 'important progress' being made at US-China trade talks has
failed to provide support to the won, which has broken cleanly back above its
200dma to trade at 1115.0.
- Rate markets have so far shown little reaction to the PMI drop, while bond
futures are lower on the day and stocks higher. 

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