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Published in TZ Latest News 18 December, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff

Asia stocks down, Japan gives up brief gains after BOJ stimulus

SINGAPORE/TOKYO (Reuters) – Asian shares took their cue from Wall Street and slipped on Friday, and Japanese stocks slumped after briefly jumping on the central bank’s statement that it would expand parts of its stimulus program. MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan was down 0.3 percent. Japan’s Nikkei (.N225) rose briefly but fell back to end the day 1.9 percent lower.