Asian shares edged down on Thursday after disappointing earnings from technology giant Apple dragged on Wall Street, while the dollar remained shy of this week's nearly nine-month highs
MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan .MIAPJ0000PUS as well as Tokyo's Nikkei stock index .N225 were both down 0.2 percent in early trading.
The Dow industrials closed higher Wednesday even as a slide in Apple Inc. shares led the S&P 500 and Nasdaq to finish lower. The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, +0.17% rose 30.06 points, or 0.2%, to close at 18,199.33, boosted by a big 4.7% gain in Boeing Co. BA, +4.69% shares but capped by a 2.2% slide in Apple AAPL, -2.25% shares. The S&P 500 Index SPX, -0.17% closed down 3.73 points, or 0.2%, at 2,139.43, as the real estate, health care and telecom sectors weighed on the index. The Nasdaq Composite index COMP, -0.63%fell 33.13 points, or 0.6%, to close at 5,250.27. Apple shares sank as quarterly revenue missed Wall Street estimates late Tuesday and projections were not as bullish as expected.
Reference: Reuters,MarketWatch
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