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    Stock market today: Asian shares are mostly higher ahead of a key US jobs report

    by Zimo Zhong Dec 08, 2023 2 minutes
    Source: Copyright 2023 The Associated Press. All rights reserved

    Asian shares were mostly higher on Friday ahead of a U.S. government jobs report, after Wall Street rose Thursday to snap its first three-day losing streak since Halloween.

    U.S. futures were lower and oil prices gained more than $1.

    In Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 index shed 1.8% to 32,254.82, as investors speculated that the Bank of Japan may end its negative interest rate policy.

    Before meeting Thursday with Prime

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