Asia shares rise on Wall Street, US jobs

Asian markets gained on Monday, following a Wall Street rally on upbeat jobs data, while the dollar and euro held on to healthy gains made against the yen at the end of last week.

Tokyo climbed 0.36 per cent to a 33-month high, Hong Kong added 0.68 per cent, Shanghai rose 0.50 per cent, Seoul advanced 0.20 per cent and Sydney was flat.

US traders sent the Dow to a more than five-year high Friday on the back of the latest jobs data.

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