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Asian shares shoot higher as US stocks inch toward their records

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Japan Financial Markets - (Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)

Shares advanced Wednesday in Asia after U.S. stocks drifted closer to their records, while U.S. futures edged lower.

South Korea’s Kospi led gains in the region, jumping 2.4% to 2,763.32 after the liberal opposition candidate Lee Jae-myung was elected president.

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