North Korea's cancellation of talks with South Korea and weaker than expected Japanese economic growth weighed on sentiment. KEEPING SCORE: Japan's Nikkei 225 stock index lost 0.2 percent to 22,766.69 and the Kospi in South Korea edged less than 0.1 percent lower to 2,457.88. NORTH KOREA: North Korea canceled a high-level meeting with South Korea, threatening to scrap a historic summit next month between President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un over military exercises between Seoul and Washington that Pyongyang has long claimed are rehearsals for invasion. The S&P 500 index fell 0.7 percent to 2,711.45. The agency also revised March sales higher to 0.8 percent from 0.6 percent.

Source: ABC News May 15, 2018 14:03 UTC