Asian shares edge lower as Wall Street sees weak start to 2024 as Japan markets reopenByYuri Kageyama AP Business WriterJanuary 3, 2024, 2:00 am ET• read 4 minutesTOKYO — Asian shares slipped on Thursday, tracking a weak start to 2024 on Wall Street as Japan's markets reopened. Hong Kong's Hang Seng fell 0.6% to 16,542.19 and the Shanghai Composite Index fell 1% to 2,938.35. Stocks fell on Wall Street as a slow start to the year there extended into a second day. The S&P 500 fell 0.8% to 4,704.81, although it remains within 2% of its record set exactly two years ago. A report showed that US employers were advertising about 8.8 million job openings at the end of November, down slightly from the previous month and the lowest number since the beginning of 2021.

Source: ABC News January 06, 2024 20:30 UTC