• Asian stocks advanced on Friday and looked set for their best week since July, while the dollar extended a slide that began after the Federal Reserve indicated it was unlikely to speed up monetary tightening.• MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan rose 0.3 percent and were on track to end the week with a 3.5 percent gain, its biggest increase since the week ended July 15. • Japan's Nikkei share average fell on Friday as the yen held steady against the dollar after the U.S. Federal Reserve signalled fewer interest rate hikes than some investors had expected.• The Nikkei shed 0.4 percent to 19,521.59. For the week, the benchmark index dropped 0.4 percent, before Japan's three-day weekend. Markets are closed on Monday for a national holiday.• Markets are focused on the G20 gathering of finance ministers and central bankers in the German town of Baden-Baden on Friday and Saturday. • China's main stock indexes fell on Friday, posting their worst day since last December, as investors await fresh evidence of a sustainable recovery in the world's second-largest economy.• The blue-chip CSI300 index and the Shanghai Composite Index both lost around 1 percent to 3,445.81 points and 3,237.45 points, respectively.
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