NEW YORK: Asian stocks were likely to come under pressure on Thursday as fresh diplomatic tensions between Washington and Beijing heightened investor jitters and overshadowed the boost to Wall Street from U.S. stimulus hopes.
In early Asian trade, Japan's Nikkei 225 futures lost 0.02% while Hong Kong's Hang Seng index futures fell 0.05%.
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