A trader walks out of the trading floor at the Philippine Stock Exchange in Manila's Makati's financial district Jan 22, 2008. REUTERSA trader walks out of the trading floor at the Philippine Stock Exchange in Manila's Makati's financial district Jan 22, 2008. Early gains for MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan and the S&P 500 futures petered out to trade flat. Citi analysts wrote in a research report that they do not expect an escalation of trade tensions between Beijing and Washington. Japan's Nikkei stock index fell 1.2% as the country's markets reopened after a holiday.
