Asian shares fluctuate as Australian banks drop

Asian stocks swung between gains and losses on Friday as Australian banks decreased and as the Japanese currency increased after the Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda said the central bank had announced sufficient stimulus. The MSCI Asia Pacific Index fell by 0.3% to 138.31 by 3:10 p.m. Tokyo time and it is set to complete a fall of 2.9% this week.