More Frontier Stocks Gains Seen After Best First Half Since 2007
MSCI Inc.'s gauge of 25 smaller and less liquid equity markets advanced 17% in the first six months of the year, its biggest rally for that period since 2007. The advance was underpinned by a weaker dollar, relative insulation from global risks and the reduced threat of an oil-price spike.
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