Asia shares creep up to near two-year peak, dollar firms | Reuters
TOKYO Asian shares edged up to near their highest in two years on Thursday, while the dollar benefited from waning expectations that the European Central Bank was poised to end its easy policy.MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan .MIAPJ0000PUS was 0.2 percent higher in early trade, pushing against its loftiest levels since June 2015.Japan's Nikkei stock index .N225 was down 0.2 percent, while Australian shares firmed, helped by gains in oil prices. Strong energy shares had helped the U.S
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