Asian shares rise to eight-month highs, on track for weekly gains

Asian shares rose to eight-month highs on Friday, on track for solid weekly gains, as record highs on Wall Street offset the impact on sentiment of an attack in France that lifted the safe-haven yen. "I don't think that will have a big impact on the market today" in Asian trading, said Kaneo Ogino, director at foreign exchange research firm Global-info Co in Tokyo, although the yen did get an early lift from the news.