Waves of global cash push Asian asset prices on higher path


SINGAPORE/TOKYO (Reuters) - Money surging into Asia has equities in India and South Korea at record highs and the region's currencies on the cusp of their best ever quarter, signalling a shift in capital flows that investors say is set to lift Asian asset prices even higher.

At US$17.5 billion, foreign buying of Asian stocks was the heaviest in a dozen years last month and the wall of cash that streamed into regional bond markets totalled US$15.2 billion.

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