• Concern over Italy's banks and Britain's national election dominated holiday-thinned European financial markets on Monday, pushing stock markets lower after Asian share indices fell back off two-year highs.
• MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan .MIAPJ0000PUS was flat early on Tuesday.
• Japan's Nikkei .N225 slipped almost 0.1 percent.
• China, Hong Kong and Taiwan markets are closed for holidays on Tuesday.
Reference: Reuters, CNBC