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• European shares opened lower on Tuesday after a selloff in technology shares on Wall Street and amid tensions over Korea, while investors awaited further clues on whether U.S. interest rates will rise in December.

The pan-European STOXX 600 fell 0.1 percent with most European bourses and sectors in negative territory. Energy .SXEP outperformed, boosted 0.6 percent by a rise in oil prices that followed a threat by Turkey to cut crude flows from Iraqi Kurdistan.

• Asian shares withered on Tuesday and the yen firmed against the backdrop of rising tensions on the Korean Peninsula, and as investors awaited fresh signals about the U.S. monetary policy outlook.

MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan was down 0.6 percent, following tech-focused losses on Wall Street.

• Japan’s Nikkei average edged lower on Tuesday as tech shares and Apple suppliers declined, tracking their U.S. counterparts overnight, while concerns over North Korea sapped risk appetite.

The Nikkei ended 0.3 percent lower at 20,330.19, moving away from a two-year high of 20,481.27 hit last week. The broader Topix was flat at 1,672.74.

• China stocks steadied in thin activity on Tuesday, after three days of losses, as investors sought beaten-down property developers and resource firms.

The blue-chip CSI300 index rose 0.1 percent, to 3,820.78 points, while the Shanghai Composite Index added 0.1 percent to 3,343.58 points.

Reference: Reuters, CNBC