The dollar reached a four-and-a-half-year high against the yen on Wednesday after better-than-expected U.S. retail data, which also boosted Wall Street equities, although Asian shares failed to follow suit. MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan slipped 0.45% edging off Tuesday's near three-week closing high, with declines in most markets, while Japan's Nikkei lost 0.4%.
from Stocks-Markets-Economic Times
Read The Rest:economictimes...