Asian shares mixed as US, China set to resume trade talks

    TOKYO - Asian shares were mostly lower on Thursday following a decline on Wall Street, as investors awaited a resumption of trade talks between the U.S. and China. Japan's Nikkei 225 lost 1.6 percent to 21,033.76 and the Shanghai Composite index sank 0.9 percent to 2,994.94. Australia's S&P/ASX 200 added nearly 0.7 percent at 6,176.10. South Korea's Kospi fell 0.8 percent to 2,128.10, while Hong Kong's Hang Seng gained 0.2 percent to 28,788.73. Shares were mixed in Southeast Asia and fell in Taiwan. Technology and health care companies drove a broad slide in U.S. stocks Wednesday, erasing some of the market's solid gains from a day earlier. ...

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