BANGKOK — Asian shares mostly fell Tuesday after U.S. stocks pulled away from their record heights, while U.S. futures edged higher.

Tokyo's Nikkei 225 index was the main outlier, gaining 0.2% to 50,691.39.

Chinese markets declined as investors watched for news from the Central Economic Work Conference, an annual planning meeting of the ruling Communist Party's leadership.

Hong Kong's Hang Seng lost 0.8% to 24,549.54, while the Shanghai Composite index inched 0.1% lower, to 3,918.83.

In South Korea, the Kospi lost 0.3% to 4,140.44 and the Taiex in Taiwan fell 0.5%.

The S&P/ASX 200 in Australia gave up 0.2% to 8,607.80 after the Reserve Bank opted to keep its cash rate unchanged at 3.6%.

Computer chip giant Nvidia's shares climbed 2.3% in afterhours trading after President Donald Trum

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