Asian stocks rise amid ECB bond pledge

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Source: Bloomberg

On Friday, Asian stocks were traded higher, following Mario Draghi's comments on bond buying program, and an upcoming report on U.S. employment data. The MSCI Asia Pacific index increased by 0.4%, reaching a level of 122.84 by 6:19 p.m. Tokyo time. The index is likely to end the week, having a 0.3% weekly gain.

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