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Asian share markets tumble after weak data on Wall Street 

Asian share markets tumbled on Friday, tracking losses on Wall Street, as lingering concerns over the Federal Reserve's tightening and weaker-than-expected economic and earnings data weighed on sentiment ahead of a Fed policy meeting next week.

MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan was down 1.3%, dragged by Australian shares which fell 2.34%, while Japan's Nikkei stock index slid 1.47%. Nasdaq futures slid 1.2% in Asian trading.