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• Asian stocks fell on Tuesday as the political tinderbox in the Middle East and the Korean Peninsula added to uncertainty over the looming French vote, pushing nervous investors into safer assets such as the yen and Treasuries.

MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan .MIAPJ0000PUS dropped 0.3 percent.

• Japan's Nikkei share average fell on Tuesday, as rising geopolitical tensions over North Korea, a stronger yen and renewed uncertainty in the French presidential election hurt investor sentiment.

The Nikkei dropped 0.3 percent to 18,747.87, while the broader Topix shed 0.3 percent to 1,495.10, though trading was slow with the turnover at the Tokyo Stock Exchange's main board hitting its lowest in almost a month.

• China stocks reversed earlier losses to end higher on Tuesday, led by the Shanghai benchmark index closing at a 15-month high. Strong gains in stocks related to the Xiong'an New Area underpinned the market, even as investors continued to retreat from smaller-caps over regulatory concerns.

The blue-chip CSI300 index rose 0.3 percent to 3,517.33 points, while the Shanghai Composite Index added 0.6 percent to 3,288.97 points.

• Hong Kong stocks closed at a four-week low on Tuesday geopolitical tensions involving North Korea and the Middle East hurt risk appetites.

The benchmark Hang Seng index dropped 0.7 percent at the close, to 24,088.46, while the Hong Kong China Enterprises Index lost 0.9 percent, to 10,165.98.

Reference: Reuters,CNBC