Asian shares mostly fall amid investors' worries about possible policy changes

A currency trader watches monitors near a screen showing the Korea Composite Stock Price Index, left, and the foreign exchange rate between the U.S. dollar and the South Korean won at KEB Hana Bank headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, Dec. 26, 2024.

Asian shares mostly slipped Thursday, as the region's main stock market in Tokyo stayed closed for the New Year's holidays.