Asia shares tail buoyant Wall Street, yen makes new lows

Most Asian share markets notched up gains on Friday after another powerful performance by Wall Street, while Japanese economic data impressed and the dollar briefly broke the 105 yen barrier for the first time in five years. MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan advanced 0.8 percent. The index remains 55.6 percent higher for the year, its best annual performance since 1972, driven by Japan's aggressive fiscal and monetary stimulus. Other data showed Japan's core consumer price inflation in November running at a five-year high, marking steady progress towards ending a decade-and-a-half of grinding deflation.

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