TOKYO -- Asian shares traded mostly lower Thursday after a quiet day on Wall Street, where the S & P 500 added to its record. Worries about U.S. President Donald Trump's tariff policies remain high on regional investors' minds.

U.S. stock indexes are wavering on Wall Street Wednesday. The S&P 500 was mostly unchanged, a day after setting an all-time high. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 122 points, or 0.3%, as of 12:18 p.

The S&P 500 flirts with a record as U.S. stock-market investors return from a three-day weekend, awaiting minutes from the Federal Reserve's January meeting and data due later this week.