LATAM ISSUES LOSE GAINS, BUT ASIA REMAINS BUOYANT
NEW YORK, Aug 12 (Reuters) - Latin American issues lost the
gains they had made earlier in the day as investors began to fret
again about Russia's financial troubles in the afternoon session,
dealers said Wednesday.
"This has all to do with Russia," said one of them.
But American Depositary Receipts (ADRs) from Asian companies
were unaffected by the latest investor jitters, managing to keep
up their upbeat pace begun in the morning.
Benchmark stocks like telecommunications giants Telebras SA
<TEL_p.SA> <TBR.N> of Brazil and Telefonos de Mexico <TMXl.MX>
<TMX.N> (Telmex) were trading at levels below closing prices of
the previous day.
One dealer said news about the Russian central bank's
decision to limit foreign exchange purchases by commercial
banks was being perceived as a possible prelude to a
devaluation of the local currency.
"It's freaking the market out," he said, while describing
the perception of a possible devaluation as an exaggeration.
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