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Asian shares track Wall St lower as oil prices press higher

A currency trader watches monitors at the foreign exchange dealing room of the KEB Hana Bank headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, March 24, 2022. Stocks slipped Thursday in Asia following a retreat on Wall Street as crude oil prices rose sharply. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

A currency trader talks on the phone at the foreign exchange dealing room of the KEB Hana Bank headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, March 24, 2022. Stocks slipped Thursday in Asia following a retreat on Wall Street as crude oil prices rose sharply. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

A currency trader moves past screens showing the Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI), center left, and the foreign exchange rate between U.S. dollar and South Korean won, center right, at the foreign exchange dealing room of the KEB Hana Bank headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, March 24, 2022. Stocks slipped Thursday in Asia following a retreat on Wall Street as crude oil prices rose sharply.(AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

Currency traders watch monitors at the foreign exchange dealing room of the KEB Hana Bank headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, March 24, 2022. Stocks slipped Thursday in Asia following a retreat on Wall Street as crude oil prices rose sharply.(AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

FILE - American flags fly outside the New York Stock exchange, Friday, Jan. 14, 2022, in the Financial District in New York. Stocks are opening lower on Wall Street, Thursday, March 23, giving back some of the big gains they made a day earlier. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)

Asian shares track Wall St lower as oil prices press higher