Global stocks edge up, dollar slips after soft U.S. data

Asian shares edged higher in early trading on Friday, shrugging off downbeat U.S. economic data that pressured the dollar, which probed nearly three-week low against the euro. MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan .MIAPJ0000PUS was up 0.1 percent, while Australia’s main index…

More:
Global stocks edge up, dollar slips after soft U.S. data