Asian shares advanced on Thursday, while the euro remained under pressure on growing bets that the European Central Bank will roll out more stimulus soon even as the U.S. Federal Reserve looks set to raise interest rates.
MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan .MIAPJ0000PUS rose 0.6 percent, after Wall Street put in a nearly flat performance ahead of the U.S. Thanksgiving holiday.
U.S. markets will be closed on Thursday and most of Friday afternoon. Japan's Nikkei .N225 added 0.6 percent.
The Shanghai Composite index .SSEC was little changed, while shares in Hong Kong.HSI, Taiwan .TWII and South Korea .KS11 all climbed about 1 percent.
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