Apple Inc was the largest weight on U.S. stock indexes on Tuesday after antitrust regulators ordered the company to pay about $14.5 billion in back taxes to the Irish government, but gains in bank shares partly offset the decline.
The Dow Jones industrial average .DJI fell 48.69 points, or 0.26 percent, to 18,454.3, the S&P 500 .SPX lost 4.26 points, or 0.2 percent, to 2,176.12 and the Nasdaq Composite .IXIC dropped 9.34 points, or 0.18 percent, to 5,222.99.
Asian shares eased on Wednesday following modest losses on Wall Street, but were still on track for a monthly rise as investors waited to see if upcoming job data could prod the Federal Reserve into raising interest rates as soon as September.
MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan .MIAPJ0000PUS was down 0.1 percent as traders awaited Friday's job report, but looked set for a near 2 percent gain in August.
Japan's Nikkei stock index .N225 added 0.9 percent, poised to rise 1.8 percent for the month, as it got a boost from a weaker yen after upbeat U.S. data lifted the dollar overnight.
Reference: Reuters
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