Asian shares edge lower as Wall St hit by Fed nerves

Asian shares began the week on the back foot on Monday after a downbeat session on Wall Street, while the euro skidded to a fresh 12-year low on divergent monetary policy paths between the United States and the euro zone. MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan was down 0.3 percent in early trade, pushing back toward last week's seven-week lows. Friday's weak U.S. inflation data failed to derail expectations that the Federal Reserve will tighten monetary policy,