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Asian shares and U.S. futures slipped Thursday after U.S. stocks drifted to a mixed close on Wall Street.Oil prices fell more than $1 a barrel. China moved to reverse some of its “non-tariff” measures against the U.S. as agreed with Washington in their temporary trade war cease-fire and most markets traded in a narrow range.Japan’s Nikkei 225 index dropped 1.1%, however, to 37,705.74. Computer chip-related stocks were among the biggest decliners, with Disco Corp. falling 2.6% and Advantest down 1.8%. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng was the outlier, picking up 0.2%...

Stock buybacks could counteract extended market declines, Citi said.The bank predicted $1 trillion in stock buybacks by 2025, up from 2024.Companies may shift spending from capital expenditures to buybacks amid Trump policy uncertainty.The stock market has a $1 trillion weapon to fight further price declines: stock buybacks.Analysts at Citi said in a Monday note that as the stock market continued to decline, it could present a too-good-to-ignore deal for companies to buy back their stocks at discounted levels."Should large cap US equities continue to correct, we expect that share repurchase...