Bangkok, Oct. 17 -- Asian shares were mixed Thursday on renewed caution over the truce in the tariff war between the U.S. and China.

Hong Kong initially led regional gains after its chief executive, Carrie Lam, announced help Wednesday for the property sector. The semi-autonomous city's economy has been languishing amid months of increasingly violent political protests that are in part fueled by the sky-high cost of housing.

The Hang Seng index added 0.4% to 26,776.97 after rising more than 1% earlier in the day.

Elsewhere, sentiment was tepid. Tokyo's Nikkei 225 index lost 0.1% to 22,451.86 while the Shanghai Composite index slipped 0.2% to 2,972.42.

Australia's S&P ASX 200 lost 0.8% to 6,684.70 and the Kospi in Seoul gave up 0.4% to...