The pan-European Stoxx 600 was up around 0.2 percent shortly after the opening bell, with most sectors and major bourses in positive territory.
MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan edged down 0.15 percent.
· Japan’s Nikkei ended little changed on Tuesday as investors turned cautious ahead of a meeting between Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and U.S. President Donald Trump which Tokyo fears may link vital security matters with touchy trade issues.
The Nikkei share average ended up 0.1 percent at 21,847.59 after trading in negative territory for most of the session. The broader Topix fell 0.4 percent to 1,729.98, with 27 of its 33 sub-sectors falling.
· China stocks closed lower on Tuesday, with Shanghai index ending at a near one-year low, as tech shares were punched hard after the United States banned American companies from selling components to Chinese telecom equipment maker ZTE Corp.
The blue-chip CSI300 index closed down 1.6 percent at 3,748.64 points, its lowest since August 2017, while the Shanghai Composite Index dropped 1.4 percent to 3,066.80 points, its lowest closing level since May 2017.
Reference: Reuters,CNBC
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