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• Bourses opened slightly lower across Europe on Tuesday as traders awaited clues from the Federal Reserve on its plans to move towards unwinding its$4.2 trillion portfolio of Treasuries and mortgage-backed securities.

Despite Wall Street reaching new highs yet again, shares in Europe followed Asia’s overnight caution with the pan-European STOXX index down 0.2 percent.

• Asian shares slipped on Tuesday, hobbled by uncertainty as traders awaited a Federal Reserve meeting for clues on U.S. monetary policy, though sentiment was supported by record highs on Wall Street.

MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan .MIAPJ0000PUS was down 0.2 percent after wobbling between positive and negative territory in early trading.

• Japan’s Nikkei share average surged 2 percent on Tuesday to hit its highest close in more than two years as investors drew confidence from a weakening yen and gains on Wall Street, while hopes of a snap election underpinned the market.

The Nikkei jumped 2.0 percent to end at 20,299.38, the highest closing level since August 2015.

• China stocks slid on Tuesday, with traders awaiting clues on U.S. monetary policy from the Federal Reserve meeting and as caution prevailed over potentially tight liquidity before the National Day holiday.

The blue-chip CSI300 index fell 0.3 percent, to 3,832.12 points, while the Shanghai Composite Index shed 0.2 percent to 3,356.84 points.

Reference: Reuters,CNBC