Asian shares skid as commodities revisit six-year lows

MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan dropped 1.2 percent, led by losses in resource shares. Japan's Nikkei snapped a seven-day winning streak, sliding 0.9 percent, but remained on track for a weekly gain of 1.3 percent. U.S. crude futures hovered around to a 2-1/2 month low of $41.54 per barrel on a persistent rise in U.S. stockpiles, and were poised for a 6.2 percent decline for the week.