People walk past an electronic board showing Hong Kong share index outside a bank in Hong Kong, Thursday, Feb. 28, 2019. Asian shares are mixed as investors fret over the status of China-U.S. trade talks after U.S. benchmarks closed mostly lower. In Europe, Britain’s FTSE 100 lost 0.7 percent to 7,055 while the DAX in Germany fell 0.2 percent to 11,468. Meanwhile, U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer raised doubts about progress in U.S.-China trade talks. ASIA’S DAY: Japan’s Nikkei 225 index skidded 0.8 percent to 21,385.16 while the Shanghai Composite fell 0.4 percent to 2,940.95.

Source: Washington Post February 28, 2019 05:15 UTC