Asian stocks are mixed as investors watch Trump-Xi summit

HONG KONG (AP) — Asian shares were mixed Thursday after Wall Street set more records, as investors closely monitored takeaways from U.S. President Donald Trump’s summit with Chinese leader Xi Jinping in Beijing. Trump met with Xi at the Great Hall of the People and they talked about U.S.-China relations and Taiwan, but analysts did not expect major breakthroughs. U.S. futures edged higher. Tokyo’s Nikkei 225 index was up 0.3% to 63,448.87, after briefly reaching another all-time intraday record at above 63,700, partly supported by robust corporate results. South Korea’s Kospi was up 0.5% to 7,884.71, helped by technology-related stocks….