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Asian equities climbed close to their record and US equity-index futures advanced as strong earnings from Amazon.com Inc. and Apple Inc. lifted sentiment after a brief pause in the global stock rally.

MSCI’s regional stocks index climbed 0.4%, while Japanese shares advanced 1%. Gauges in mainland China and Hong Kong retreated. Apple rose in late trading as it beat revenue estimates and offered a bullish holiday forecast. Amazon surged 13% in extended trading after reporting its fastest cloud unit growth in nearly three years.

Futures on the S&P 500 rose 0.7% and those on the Nasdaq 100 gained 1.2% after the underlying indexes slipped Thursday amid weakness in tech stocks. Investors also weig

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