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GLOBAL MARKETS-Asian shares rebound on Wall St lead; yen softens Oct 28th 2013, 06:33 Share this Email Print Reprints Sun Oct 27, 2013 10:27pm EDT * Asian stocks up, Australia hits five-year high * Yen broadly softer as risk appetite improves * Upbeat earnings from Microsoft, Amazon.com drive Wall St to record high By Ian Chua SYDNEY, Oct 28 (Reuters) - Australian stocks scaled a five-year peak on Monday, leading a rebound in Asia after strong results from the likes of Microsoft pushed Wall Street to another record closing high, while investors gave the safe-haven yen a wide berth. MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan rose 0.7 percent, recovering a chunk of last week's 1.1 percent loss -- the biggest in two months -- that was driven by concerns that China may tighten policy to keep prices under control. Australian shares put on 1.2 percent to reach their highest since June 2008, Hong Kong's Hang Seng added 0.4 percent, and South Korea's KOSPI rose 0.3 percent. Japan's Nikkei climbed 1.0 percent, clawing back some of Friday's 2.7 percent drop. "The market is getting bought back after excessive selling on Friday... but I don't think we will be testing new highs," said Kenichi Hirano, strategist at Tachibana Securities of the Nikkei. Many traders suspect further gains in Asia may be limited as investors keep a wary eye what steps Chinese policymakers might take to cool property prices and inflation. Several markets in Asia are closed for public holidays on Monday, including New Zealand and the Philippines. RISK IN PLAY With risk appetite on the mend, demand for the safe-haven yen waned. That saw the Australian dollar gain 0.5 percent to 93.68 yen, and both the euro and dollar edged up slightly to 134.74 and 97.52 respectively. Against the dollar, the euro was a tad firmer at $1.3814 and within striking distance of Friday's two-year high of $1.3833. The dollar has been under broad pressure in the past few weeks on growing expectations the Federal Reserve will maintain its massive stimulus programme into next year. The Fed's policy-setting arm meets on Oct 29-30 and is expected to hold off any move to scale down its $85 billion monthly bond-buying programme. Analysts reckon policymakers want to see the impact of the U.S. budget battle that took the country to the brink of a debt default and caused a partial government shutdown. "The FOMC should be a non-event... the Washington debates cloud the growth outlook, so forget about tapering," analysts at JPMorgan wrote in a client note, adding the April 2014 meeting looked like the soonest start for any tapering. In contrast to equities, commodities got off to a sleepy start with copper a touch lower at $7,178.25 a tonne, while U.S. crude oil slipped 0.1 percent to $97.72 a barrel. Spot gold was steady $1,352.44 an ounce. Link this Share this Digg this Email Reprints

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