Global Shares Calm, But Still Near 19 Month Lows

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Asian share markets played second string to bonds on Wednesday as a spectacular fall in the price of oil spurred speculation the U.S. Federal Reserve might be done with tightening after its policy meeting later in the session. FILE PHOTO: Men look at stock quotation boards outside a brokerage in Tokyo, Japan, December 5, 2018. REUTERS/Issei Kato MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan . MIAPJ0000PUS gained 0.4 percent, while Shanghai blue chips .