Asian shares are mixed in quiet trading as traders await cues from the Fed

Asian shares are mixed in quiet trading as traders await cues from the Fed 39 mins ago Shares are mixed in Asia after Wall Street held near its records. Tokyo's Nikkei 225 index lost 0.2% as market heavyweight SoftBank fell after it announced it was taking a $2 billion stake in U.S. computer chip maker Intel. On Monday, the S&P 500 barely budged, shedding less than 0.1%. The Dow industrials also fell less than 0.1% and the Nasdaq composite edged up less than 0.1%. This week will bring profit reports from Walmart and other big U.S. retailers, which could show how households are dealing with a slowing job market and worries about tariffs. On Friday, the chair of the Federal Reserve will give a speech that could hint at coming cuts to interest rates.