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Bull statues are placed in font of screens showing the Hang Seng stock index and stock prices outside Exchange Square, in Hong Kong By Tom Westbrook SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Asian stocks backed away from 2-1/2-month high on Wednesday and the dollar found support as investors' tempered some of their earlier enthusiasm about the prospect of an end to U.S. rate hikes. MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan has gained more than 3% since a week ago and hit its highest since September on Tuesday. But it fell 0.2% in early trade on Wednesday. Japan's Nikkei rose 0.5%. Overnight...
