Asian markets fell on Tuesday trade as investors continue to assess inflation and central bank policy outlook.
Mainland Chinese stocks slipped in early trade, with the CSI 300 dropped 1.93% shedding gains from Monday. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index shed 1.2%.
Japan’s TOPIX gained 0.52% with KOSPI and SET up by 0.86% and 0.23% respectively.
MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan traded 0.15% lower.