Asian shares kick off the first trading day of the year By: CNBC.com News January 01, 2018 at 18:42 PM EST Major indexes stateside finished 2017 with a losing day ahead of Asia's first trading session of the new year. Read More >> Related Stocks: China Ishares MSCI ETF China Largecap Ishares ETF Hong Kong Hang Seng Japan Ishares MSCI ETF Pacific ETF FTSE Vanguard Xt Harvest CSI 300 China A-Shares ETF