Emerging markets: Philippines shares go flat as Indonesia shares go on a high and Malaysia stocks hit five-month peak

A man wearing a protective mask sits outside the Philippine Stock Exchange at the central business district as the government implements an "enhanced community quarantine" in the country’s main island Luzon to contain the coronavirus, in Makati City, Metro Manila, Philippines, March 17, 2020. REUTERS/Eloisa Lopez

MANILA, Oct 18 (Reuters): Broader stock gains were capped after data showed China's economy grew at its slowest pace in a year in the third quarter, missing market expectations. Shanghai equities eased 0.2%, while South Korea and Taiwan stocks fell 0.3% and 0.5%, respectively.

Philippine shares were flat. Among currencies, the Philippine peso, South Korea's won and the Singapore dollar fell between 0.2% and 0.4%. The Thai baht eased 0.5% to 33.450, its biggest intraday fall since Oct 6 as the currency erased some of the strong gains posted last week.