• Shares in Asia were primed for declines Thursday after a global stock market rally stalled, even as the bond market edged higher on forecasts of lower interest rates.
• Equities in Australia dropped, while futures for Japan and Hong Kong benchmarks all showed losses, echoing selling pressure in New York that dragged the S&P 500 index 1.5% lower. The tech-heavy Nasdaq 100 fell by the same margin, erasing gains earlier in the session that initially pushed the gauge to an intra-day record.
• US futures were little changed in early Asian trading.