Emerging-market assets broadly advanced Tuesday in a volatile session, as mixed signals from the US administration rattled global markets and sent oil prices swinging.

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Traders are bracing for more weakness in emerging-market currencies over the coming month as the Iran war escalates, according to a key options pricing measure.

The war in Iran and the resulting surge in energy prices will impact emerging markets well beyond inflation to broader pressures on external balances, currencies and capital flows, analysts warn.

i Data as of February 2026. EM Bonds are represented by the 50% J.P. Morgan Government Bond Index - Emerging Markets Global Diversified (GBI-EM) and 50% J.P. Morgan Emerging Markets Bond Index (EMBI). Global bonds are represented by the ICE BofA Global Broad Market Index. US Bonds are represented by the ICE BofA US Broad Market Index.

The best day on South Korea’s stock market in nearly two decades is leading a recovery in emerging-market equities as signals that Iran may be ready to reduce tensions in its six-day war with the US and Israel boosted riskier assets.

It may be time to dive deeper into the emerging markets trade.

Whether the emerging markets bull run continues will depend on how much the rise in oil prices threatens the global economy.

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