Surging dollar sends emerging currency index to lowest in more than three years

Reuters

Published Mar 19, 2020 06:23AM ET

Updated Mar 19, 2020 08:07AM ET

LONDON (Reuters) - The stampede into dollars pushed MSCI's Emerging Markets Currency Index (MIEM00000CUS) to its lowest level in more than three years on Thursday and set it on course for its worst week since September 2011.