Asian shares gain as U.S. manufacturing tops expectations

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Asian shares climbed, with the MSCI Asia Pacific Index advancing for a fifth straight day, after the U.S. manufacturing data topped the expectations. The MSCI Asia Pacific Index rose 0.9% to 132.04 at 3:11 p.m. Tokyo time; moreover, the equity-benchmark previous week had its first three-month decline in a year. Japan's Topix index and the benchmark Nikkei 225 Stock Average both gained 1.8%.
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