Anthropic IPO Filing Sends Kospi Up 3.1%; Indonesia Stocks Sink 3%
Anthropic's IPO filing lifted Korea's Kospi 3.1% and MSCI's Asia index over 1%, while Indonesian stocks fell 3% and Brazil's real plunged 8.5%, its worst day since 2002.
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Emerging Markets
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Emerging Markets
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