Investing.com - Asian shares were mixed Tuesday in thin trade with the Nikkei 225 up 0.53% in the morning, but the Hang Seng index down 0.58% and the Shanghai Composite down 0.08%.
Australia's S&P/ASX 200 was down 0.4% after the Reserve Bank of Australia kept rates at a low of 2.5% and warned the currency was still too strong.
Elsewhere in the region, South Korea's Kospi fell 0.8%.
Overnight, U.S. stocks fell on concerns holiday shopping sales may disappoint, while investors also avoided equities to await the release of Friday's November jobs report.
At the close of U.S. trading, the Dow Jones Industrial Average finished the day down 0.48%, the S&P 500 index fell 0.27%, while the Nasdaq Composite index fell 0.36%. Concerns that shoppers may be out in greater numbers this year but are spending less sent stock prices sliding on Monday.
The National Retail Federation reported earlier that traffic over the U.S. Thanksgiving Day holiday grew 27% on year this year, though the group added that shoppers spent an average of USD407.02 from Thursday through Sunday, down from USD423.55 last year, which allowed stocks to decline.
On Friday, the Bureau of Labor Statistics will release its November jobs report, and many investors opted to remain in safe-haven dollar and other positions ahead of time, especially due to solid data out of the U.S. manufacturing sector.
European indices, meanwhile, finished lower. After the close of European trade, the EURO STOXX 50 fell 0.23%, France's CAC 40 fell 0.22%, while Germany's DAX 30 fell 0.04%. Meanwhile, in the U.K. the FTSE 100 finished down 0.83%.
Australia's S&P/ASX 200 was down 0.4% after the Reserve Bank of Australia kept rates at a low of 2.5% and warned the currency was still too strong.
Elsewhere in the region, South Korea's Kospi fell 0.8%.
Overnight, U.S. stocks fell on concerns holiday shopping sales may disappoint, while investors also avoided equities to await the release of Friday's November jobs report.
At the close of U.S. trading, the Dow Jones Industrial Average finished the day down 0.48%, the S&P 500 index fell 0.27%, while the Nasdaq Composite index fell 0.36%. Concerns that shoppers may be out in greater numbers this year but are spending less sent stock prices sliding on Monday.
The National Retail Federation reported earlier that traffic over the U.S. Thanksgiving Day holiday grew 27% on year this year, though the group added that shoppers spent an average of USD407.02 from Thursday through Sunday, down from USD423.55 last year, which allowed stocks to decline.
On Friday, the Bureau of Labor Statistics will release its November jobs report, and many investors opted to remain in safe-haven dollar and other positions ahead of time, especially due to solid data out of the U.S. manufacturing sector.
European indices, meanwhile, finished lower. After the close of European trade, the EURO STOXX 50 fell 0.23%, France's CAC 40 fell 0.22%, while Germany's DAX 30 fell 0.04%. Meanwhile, in the U.K. the FTSE 100 finished down 0.83%.