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Asian shares advance despite Wall Street losses as US Treasury's moves fail to calm markets

Asian shares advance despite Wall Street losses as US Treasury's moves fail to calm markets
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Asian shares were mostly higher on Friday following a retreat on Wall Street as a U.S. Treasury Department plan to boost its government debt buybacks had only limited capacity to calm markets. U.S. futures edged higher. Japan’s Nikkei 225 fell 0.3% to 66,016.36. South Korea’s Kospi climbed 0.9% t...

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