
Asian shares edged up and the euro sagged in early Asian trading on Tuesday as Greece lurched toward defaulting on a looming debt payment, raising the likelihood of the cash-strapped nation's exit from the euro zone. MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan. MIAPJ0000PUS was up 0.1 percent, while Japan's Nikkei stock index .N225 added 0.2 percent.
"All in all many in the market had already factored in the likelihood...