• Wall Street's three main indexes surged to fresh record highs on Thursday after President Donald Trump said he would make a major tax announcement in a few weeks.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average .DJI rose 118.06 points, or 0.59 percent, to 20,172.4, the S&P 500 .SPX gained 13.2 points, or 0.58 percent, to 2,307.87 and the Nasdaq Composite .IXIC added 32.73 points, or 0.58percent, to 5,715.18.
• Asian shares were close to 18-month highs on Friday, tracking a rally on Wall Street after U.S. President Donald Trump promised to unveil a major tax announcement to lower the burden on businesses.
• MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan .MIAPJ0000PUS was up 0.1 percent, testing its loftiest level since July 2015 touched a day earlier, and was on track to gain 1.1 for the week.
• Japan's Nikkei stock index .N225 surged 1.8 percent as it got a tailwind from a weaker yen, poised to added 1.8 percent for the week.
Reference: Reuters
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