Asian shares are mixed after Wall Street fell to its 5th straight loss

Asian shares are mixed after Wall Street fell to its 5th straight loss 19 mins ago Asian shares are mixed after Wall Street fell to a fifth straight loss, hurt by losses for Walmart and worries over coming cuts to interest rates. Traders remain cautious, looking for cues about U.S. monetary policy from a meeting of central bankers in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell is due to speak to the conference on Friday. On Wall Street the S&P 500 slipped 0.4% Thursday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 0.3%, and the Nasdaq composite fell 0.3%. Walmart weighed on the market after delivering a weaker-than-expected profit report for the spring, while Nvidia and other Big Tech stocks held a bit steadier following two days of sharp swings.