Tokyo — Asian shares eased on Thursday, with caution prevailing as investors awaited some kind of resolution to China-US trade negotiations, while the euro remained under pressure ahead of the European Central Bank (ECB) meeting. MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan edged 0.2% lower on Thursday, yet hovering not far from its five-month high marked last week, and was up 10.2% year-to-date. Japan’s Nikkei average fell 0.8%, while China’s benchmark Shanghai Composite stood almost flat, the blue-chip CSI 300 shed 0.9%, and Hong Kong’s Hang Seng fell 0.5%. Overnight, Wall Street’s main indices fell for a third session, with the S&P 500 posting its biggest one-day decline in a month, as investors sought reasons to buy after the market's strong rally to start the year. “For some time, markets had been pricing in good news, namely that the talks between the US and China will likely go well,” said Tatsushi Maeno, senior strategist at Okasan Asset Management. “Now market...
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