HONG KONG: Asian shares slipped and the dollar held firm on Friday as traders edged away from riskier assets amid renewed concerns about COVID-19 and ahead of key U.S. inflation data that could set direction on Federal Reserve rates.
MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan lost 0.4% and Japan's Nikkei shed 0.5%.
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