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• European equities are expected to open mostly lower on Tuesday morning with investor sentiment curbed by a political impasse in Germany.

The FTSE 100 is seen up by 3 points at 7,389; the DAX is set to open lower by 9 points at 12,053 and the CAC 40 is expected to start lower by 5 points at 5,338, according to IG

• Asian stocks rose to a 10-year high on Tuesday as investors took heart from further evidence of strength in the global economy, while the dollar hovered near a one-week high against its peers thanks to higher U.S. yields and a floundering euro.

Gains on Wall Street overnight helped MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan .MIAPJ0000PUS rise 0.8 percent to a fresh decade-high.

• Japanese stocks rose on Tuesday after large cap stocks such as automakers and manufacturers of factory automation equipment rallied, while North Korean tensions supported defence-related shares.

Retail investors speculated that demand for defence-related equipment will increase after U.S. President Donald Trump put North Korea back on a list of state sponsors of terrorism on Monday, lifting stocks such as Ishikawa Seisakusho and Howa Machinery by 9.3 percent and 17 percent, respectively. (Reporting by Ayai Tomisawa; Editing by Eric Meijer)

• China's blue-chip index ended at a fresh28-month high on Tuesday, bolstered by robust gains in brokerage firms, as analysts expect the sector to benefit from the continued bull-run in the stock market.

At the close, the Shanghai Composite index was up 18.69 points or 0.6 percent at 3,411.09 points.

• Hong Kong’s main Hang Seng index had its best day in seven weeks on Tuesday, as did the China H-shares index. Index heavyweight Tencent Holdings jumped2.4 percent to another record, boosting market sentiment.

At close of trade, the Hang Seng index was up 557.76 points or 1.91 percent at 29,818.07. The Hang Seng China Enterprises index rose 2.91 percent to 11,874.37.

Reference: Reuters,CNBC