Wed, 12 Jun 2013 14:00:13 GMT
Asian shares decline on stimulus worry
Asian shares retreated on worries that central banks from Japan to U.S. may scale back the stimulus programme. The MSCI Asia Pacific Index fell 0.4% to 131.02 at 1:33 p.m. Tokyo time, meanwhile, the markets in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan and the Philippines were closed for holidays. The MSCI gauge reached the highest level this year on May 20 but