Tokyo — Asian stocks fell on Thursday and the dollar was stuck near six-month lows against a basket of currencies as uncertainty mounted over US President Donald Trump’s future following reports that he tried to interfere with a federal investigation. MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan dropped 0.4%. Japan’s Nikkei shed 1.5%, Australian shares lost 1.2% and South Korea’s Kospi declined 0.5%. Equities in Asia took cues from Wall Street, where the Dow and S&P 500 both sank about 1.8% overnight following reports that Trump tried to influence a federal probe. The allegations have not only thrown doubt over the future of the pro-growth policies that Trump promised, but they have raised the possibility he could end up leaving the presidency. A small but growing number of Trump’s fellow Republicans called on Wednesday for an independent investigation of possible collusion between his 2016 campaign and Russia, and one even mentioned impeachment. The region’s shares sh...
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