Asia Markets: Asian markets churned as Wall Street retreats from record highs

Asian shares were churned Thursday after U.S. bonds sealed lower, giving behind some of a gains a day after a SP 500 and Nasdaq strike record highs.

Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225

NIK, +0.33%

  edged adult 0.3% in early trading. South Korea’s Kospi

SEU, -0.27%

  fell about 0.2%. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng

HSI, -0.07%

  inched adult 0.1%, while a Shanghai Composite

SHCOMP, -0.71%

  fell 0.3%. Indexes in Taiwan

Y9999, +0.09%

 , Singapore

STI, -0.12%

  and Indonesia

JAKIDX, -0.23%

  were a churned bag. Australia’s trade was sealed for Anzac Day, a inhabitant holiday.

Among particular stocks, Nintendo

7974, +1.71%

  rose in Tokyo trading, as did Sony

6758, +1.41%

 . Meanwhile, food manufacturer Kikkoman

2801, -3.62%

  fell, along with Nomura Holdings

8604, -0.84%

 . In Hong Kong, real-estate companies continued to rise, with Sun Hung Kai Properties

0016, +2.25%

  and Country Garden

2007, +0.95%

  advancing, while Geely Automobile

0175, -2.13%

  and oil writer CNOOC

0883, -0.82%

  fell. Chip builder SK Hynix

000660, +2.55%

  gained in South Korea as it posted a 69% dump in first-quarter profit, though foresee chip direct to urge after this year.

Investors are also examination for a U.S. mercantile expansion information being expelled after in a week.

On Wall Street, appetite bonds led a medium slip as wanton oil prices fell after a three-day rally. Communications companies also helped lift a marketplace lower, offsetting gains in genuine estate and other sectors. Bond prices rose as traders took a some-more defensive approach.

Stocks wavered between tiny gains and waste by most of a day as investors continued to wade by a solid upsurge of corporate earnings.

The SP 500 index

SPX, -0.22%

  fell 6.43 points, or 0.2%, to 2,927.25. The benchmark index sealed during a record high on Tuesday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average

DJIA, -0.22%

  forsaken 59.34 points, or 0.2%, to 26,597.05. The Nasdaq combination

COMP, -0.23%

  mislaid 18.81 points, or 0.2%, to 8,102.01. The index was also entrance off a record high close.

Benchmark U.S. wanton

CLM9, -0.11%

  mislaid 30 cents to $65.59 a barrel. It fell 0.6% to settle during $65.89 per barrel. Oil had been climbing recently given dropping next $43 in late December. Brent wanton

LCOM9, +0.04%

  fell 26 cents to $74.31 per barrel.

The dollar

USDJPY, -0.17%

  rose to 112.14 Japanese yen from 111.85 yen.

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