Asia report: Markets finish week on a high

Markets in Asia finished higher on Friday, after a solid finish from Wall Street overnight, with investors eagerly awaiting tax reform progress out of the US and digesting trade data from Japan. In Japan, the Nikkei 225 was up 1.39% at 22,811.08, as the yen weakened 0.37% against the dollar to last trade at JPY 113.51. Carmakers, technology firms and trading houses were all on the front foot in Tokyo. On the economic front, the country's third quarter GDP was revised upwards to 2.5%, from the ...

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