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• Asian shares and U.S. stock futures slipped on Wednesday and investors sought havens such as U.S. Treasuries, gold and the yen as tensions on the Korean peninsula escalated, with Pyongyang saying it is considering plans to attack Guam.

MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan fell 0.5 percent, while Japan's Nikkei lost 1.3 percent as the stronger yen sapped investor appetite.

• Banks dragged China's stock markets lower on Wednesday amid concerns that regulators will continue to clamp down on debt risks, but strong gains in consumer staples left major indexes only slightly lower on the day.

The blue-chip CSI300 was unchanged at 3,731.04 points while the Shanghai Composite Index dipped 0.2 percent to 3,275.57 points.

• The european markets slip as storms brew over Korean Peninsula, The pan-European Stoxx 600 extends losses, down 0.7 percent.

A little under an hour since the start of the European trading session and stocks are trading sharply lower.

Reference: Reuters, CNBC