Stock Market Today: Asian Shares Slide After Slight Gains on Wall Street

BANGKOK (AP) — Asian shares were mostly lower on Thursday after U.S. stock indexes drifted to a mixed finish, with the S&P 500 closing just an iota higher. In Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 edged 0.2% higher to 38,198.96. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng sank 0.8% to 23,618.74, while the Shanghai Composite index shed …