TOKYO: Asian shares looked set for their biggest daily gain in nearly five weeks on Friday after the European Central Bank outlined its bond-buying scheme to help calm the euro zone's debt crisis, while firm U.S. data fed speculation of a strong jobs report later in the day.
MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan climbed 1.3 percent and was set for a weekly gain of 0.3 percent after European shares rallied to six-month highs and U.S. stocks closed at multi-year highs on Thursday.
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