• The Dow Jones Industrial Average .DJI fell 14.25 points, or 0.06 percent, to 24,448.69, the S&P 500 .SPX gained 0.15 points, or 0.01 percent, to 2,670.29 and the Nasdaq Composite .IXIC dropped 17.53 points, or 0.25 percent, to 7,128.60.
Wall Street ended mixed on Monday as concerns about soft smartphone demand weighed on tech stocks and pulled the Nasdaq lower while earnings optimism protected against deeper losses.
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• Asia markets mostly rose in early trade on Tuesday despite the Dow and the Nasdaq stumbling amid a decline in tech shares.
• In Australia, the ASX 200 climbed 0.2 percent, with most sectors notching gains. The heavily weighted financial sector gained 0.57 percent as major banking names in the country rose.
• Shares of ANZ were up 0.24 percent, Commonwealth Bank was up 0.62 percent, Westpac was higher by 0.9 percent and the National Australia Bank added 0.7percent.
• Major miners in Australia, however, were down — Rio Tinto shares fell 1.85 percent, Fortescue was lower by 2.99 percent and BHP Billiton lost 0.8 percent.
• Japan's Nikkei 225 was up 0.5 percent while the Topix index gained 0.56 percent. Across the Korean Strait, the Kospi traded flat.
Reference: Reuters, CNBC
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