Stock market today: Asian shares mixed after calm day on Wall St

TOKYO — Asian shares were mixed on Wednesday after U.S. stocks held relatively steady on Wall Street.Tokyo's Nikkei 225 lost 1.6% to 38,202.37.The dollar rose to 155.20 Japanese yen from 154.50 yen. Japanese officials have expressed concern after the yen's value slipped to 160.25 per dollar in recent days, prompting the Ministry of Finance to intervene.

Elsewhere in Asia, Hong Kong's Hang Seng index shed 0.7% to 18,354.11 and the Shanghai Composite index gave up 0.6%, falling to 3,129.65. That could suggest investors are listening to critics who have been calling the U.S. stock market broadly too expensive following its run to records this year. For stock prices to climb further, either profits will need to grow more or interest rates will need to fall.

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