Asian shares edged lower on Tuesday after downbeat economic data pressured Wall Street ahead of key U.S. jobs data later this week that could provide a key clue to the timing of the U.S. Federal Reserve’s interest rate increase. Crude oil prices stabilized after plunging overnight, with U.S. crude CLc1 adding about 0.6 percent to $45.42 a barrel. Brent LCOc1 gained 0.4 percent to $49.73 after skidding 5 percent to six-month lows. MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan .MIAPJ0000PUS was down 0.2 percent in early trading, while Japan’s Nikkei stock index .N225 slipped 0.5 percent, after breaking a three-day winning streak in the previous session. U.S. equities markets logged solid losses on Monday, after manufacturing data from China and U.S. figures released on Monday both disappointed. The Institute for Supply Management’s […]