MSCI Asia exJapan fluctuates between gains and losses, KOSPI choppy Oil prices steady around 95 as Brent resumes trading Anthropic IPO, Google cash call renew hopes around AI supply chain SINGAPORE, June 2 Reuters Asian stocks found their footing in unsteady trading on Tuesday as investors shrugged off doubts about the durability of a Middle East ceasefire to return to favoured AI plays. MSCI39;s broadest index of AsiaPacific shares outside Japan rose 0.4 after fluctuating between gains and losses as trading commenced. Regional declines were led by Korean shares tumbling as much as 3.3 after an initially higher open, while gains for shares in China and Hong Kong steadied the regional benchmark. SP 500 emini futures were down 0.3, while in Japan, the Nikkei 225 slumped 0.7. This isn39;t a rerating of the AI trade; it39;s profittaking after a blistering run, said Fabien Yip, a market analyst at IG in Sydney. Ceasefire negotiations between the U.S. and Iran have seen repeated false starts since April, and today39;s lack of progress is no exception, she said. The market has grown accustomed to the backandforth. Brent crude slipped 0.9 to 94.13 a barrel after Lebanon announced a partial ceasefire between Hezbollah and Israel on Monday, retracing some of Monday39;s gains after reports that Tehran had halted indirect negotiations with the U.S. Markets remain cautious about progress in U.S.Iran peace talks to end their threemonth war, given the fragility of the April...