Asia slumps in holiday-thinned trade

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Asian shares got off to a rocky start on Monday after mixed US jobs data helped sink shares on Wall Street, but trade was thin with many regional markets closed for the Lunar New Year holiday.

 MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan was down 0.2 percent, with Australian shares slipping 0.3 percent. Japan's Nikkei skidded 1.2 percent in early trade.