SINGAPORE, Jan 8 (Reuters): Most Asian equities were set to notch their biggest weekly gains in many months on Friday, while Indonesia's rupiah and the South Korean won led the declines among currencies as rising US yields lifted the dollar.
Almost every stock market in the region gained around 2%, with Philippines, Thailand and Indonesia all hitting multi-month highs as global equities rode the euphoria of a potentially large US stimulus.
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