Stock market today: Asian shares advance ahead of US jobs report
by Elaine Kurtenbach
May 03, 2024
3 minutes
Asian shares were mostly higher Friday ahead of a report on the U.S. jobs market, while several major markets including Tokyo and Shanghai were closed for holidays.
Oil prices and U.S. futures were higher.
The Japanese yen strengthened slightly against the U.S. dollar amid signs of heavy central bank intervention to tamp down the dollar’s advance.
The financial newspaper Nihon Keizai Shimbun reported that estimates showed the government spending an estimated 8 trillion yen (about $50
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