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SYDNEY (Reuters) - Asian share markets traded mixed on Monday as caution gripped investors in a week in which the Federal Reserve is likely to hike U.S. interest rates and perhaps signal that as many as three more lie in store for the rest of the year. Investors look at an electronic board showing stock information at a brokerage house in Shanghai, China February 9, 2018. REUTERS/Aly Song Japan's Nikkei . N225 extended early losses to drop 0.9 percent as exporters were undermined by recent broad-based strength in the yen.

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