TOKYO: Asian shares edged higher on Monday after data showed the U.S. unemployment rate dropped to the lowest in almost 50 years, easing concerns of a slowdown in the world's largest economy.
MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan rose 0.25%. Japan's Nikkei stock index rose 0.29%, while Australian shares were up 0.48%
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