REUTERS / Kim Hong-Ji
Foreign currency dealers in Seoul, South Korea.
U.S. futures were 0.1% higher. Japan's Nikkei opened with a 0.2% gain. Korea's Kospi index was up 0.4%.
Markets seem undeterred by Singapore's latest GDP report, which showed the city-state's economy contracted in Q2.
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