SYDNEY – Asian shares were headed for a second quarterly gain on Friday while bonds were enjoying the best month since 2008, but the market was braced for a stormy session after an upside surprise in German CPI raised the stakes for U.S. inflation data. Also making headlines on Friday, Donald Trump was indicted after a probe into hush money paid to porn star Stormy Daniels, becoming the first former U.S. president to face criminal charges even as he makes another run for the White House. MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan jumped 1 percent on Friday, heading for its first March gain in four years with a rise of 2.

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