Asian Shares End Mostly Down; Resilient Yen Hurts Tokyo Shrs

Asian markets ended mostly lower Thursday as the continued resilience of the Japanese yen hurt shares of exporters in Tokyo, while profit-taking in the banking sector weighed on Hong Kong's benchmark index. Japan's Nikkei 225 ended down 1.4% at 9703.72 after outperforming on Wednesday, while Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index ended 1.7% lower.
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