Friday, May 20, 2016

EMERGING MARKETS-Fed hike prospects keep emerging markets lower

By Karin Strohecker

LONDON, May 20 (Reuters) - Emerging market assets edged

higher on Friday but currencies were softer over the week and

stocks on track for a fifth week in the red, weighed down by

expectations of an impending U.S. interest rate rise.

U.S. Federal Reserve policymakers have signalled in recent

days they are contemplating an interest rate hike in June. This

has lifted the dollar for a third week and hit riskier

emerging market assets.

Despite struggling higher on th

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