Tokyo — Asian shares edged lower on Thursday as Wall Street stocks dropped on early signs that the US-China trade war could hurt corporate earnings, which helped underpin solid demand for safe-haven US Treasuries.
MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan eased 0.2%, while Japan’s benchmark Nikkei shed 1.7% and Australian shares fell 0.3%...
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