Asian shares gain, investors wait for more U. S. data
TOKYO (Reuters) – Asian shares and the risk-sensitive Australian dollar edged higher in choppy trade on Thursday, with investors worrying about slow global growth and awaiting fresh U. S. economic data and a European Central Bank policy meeting later in the day. U. S. stock futures rose 0. 5 percent, as a CNN/ORC snap poll said 67 percent of registered voters surveyed thought Republican candidate Mitt Romney, seen as pro-business, won the first debate with President Barack Obama. Financial spreadbetters expect London’s FTSE 100 , Paris’s CAC-40 and Frankfurt’s DAX to open as much as 0. . . .
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