TOKYO: Asian stock markets got off to a slow start on Monday after a US market holiday but held near three-year highs on optimism about the US economy, with investors now shifting their focus to corporate earnings.
MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan was off 0.2% by late morning, staying just under Friday's highs and near its 2011 peak, having risen about 7% so far this year.
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