HONG KONG, China —  Oil and precious metals slid Thursday after US President Donald Trump appeared to dial down threats of imminent military action on Iran, while Asian markets were mixed after Wall Street edged lower the previous day. Oil prices dropped 3 percent after Trump said Wednesday he would “watch it and see” on possible intervention in the Islamic republic, after he said he had been told the killings of protesters there had stopped. READ: Trump says Iran killings stopped, Tehran says ‘no plan for hanging’ Crude prices had surged over recent days as Trump talked about coming to […]... Keep on reading: Asia markets mixed, oil falls after Trump's Iran comments