• Sterling slipped on Tuesday after a suspected suicide attack killed at least 19 people and wounded 59 at a pop concert in the English city of Manchester, while the euro held gains made after German Chancellor Angela Merkel said it was "too weak".
Sterling eased almost 0.1 percent to $1.299, recovering some earlier losses. It fell 0.3 percent on Monday.
The pound dropped 0.3 percent to 144.27 yen, after losing 0.2 percent on Monday.
MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan pared gains after hitting its highest level since June 2015 to trade fractionally higher.
• Japanese stocks edged down on Tuesday as a suicide bomb attack at a pop concert in Britain made investors cautious and lifted the safe-haven yen, which depressed some export-oriented shares.
The Nikkei share average fell 0.3 percent to 19,613.28.
• Shanghai stocks fell for a second day on Tuesday, with gains in financials only partially soothing lingering concerns over policy tightening steps.
The Shanghai Composite Index, which shed 0.5 percent on Monday, lost 0.4 percent to 3,061.95 points.
• Hong Kong's benchmark index inched up to a fresh 22-month high on Tuesday, buoyed by strong money flows from mainland China.
The Hang Seng index ended 0.1 percent higher, at 25,403.15 points, while the China Enterprises Index gained 0.2 percent, to 10,395.28 points.
Reference: Reuters, CNBC
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