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• European markets were lower on Wednesday morning, tracking Wall Street's slide overnight amid a backdrop of lingering geopolitical tension.

The pan-European Stoxx 600 was down by around 0.37 percent during early morning deals, as insurance and basic resources stocks led the losses.

• Asian stocks fell on Wednesday after a slide on Wall Street overnight while the dollar was on the defensive with tensions in the Korean peninsula showing few signs of abating.

MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan .MIAPJ0000PUS fell 0.7 percent.

• Japanese stocks ended nearly flat on Wednesday as retail investors’ buying in small-to-mid sized stocks offset losses incurred when the market tumbled to four-month lows on heightened tensions in the Korean Peninsula.

The Nikkei ended 0.1 percent lower at 19,357.97, after getting as low as 19,254.67 - the lowest level since May 1.

• China blue-chip share index ended slightly weaker on Wednesday but off the day’s lows as strong gains in major state-owned firms helped offset rising North Korea tensions.

The CSI300 index fell 0.2 percent to 3,849.45 points, while the Shanghai Composite Index closed little changed at 3,385.39.

• Hong Kong stocks fell on Wednesday, echoing declines in other global markets as rising tensions on the Korean peninsula prompted investors to take profits on this year’s strong rally.

The Hang Seng index fell 0.5 percent to 27,613.76 points, while the China Enterprises Index lost 0.6 percent to 11,128.77.

Reference: Reuters, CNBC