Emerging markets - Energy exporter Indonesia's rupiah gets big boost but Asia stocks falter as commodity prices fuel inflation worries

SINGAPORE, March 8 (Reuters): Most emerging Asian markets tumbled on Tuesday on surging crude prices as the United States mulls a ban on oil imports from Russia following its invasion of Ukraine, while strength in commodity markets boosted energy exporter Indonesia's rupiah.

Ultra-high commodity prices kept shares and currencies in several emerging Asian economies under pressure, stoking worries over inflation and slowing economic growth in countries only just emerging from a pandemic-driven slump.