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• Asian share markets played second string to bonds on Wednesday as a spectacular fall in the price of oil spurred speculation the U.S. Federal Reserve might be done with tightening after its policy meeting later in the session.

MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan .MIAPJ0000PUS gained 0.4 percent, while Shanghai blue chips .CSI300 were flat.

• Japan’s Nikkei fell to a nine-month low on Wednesday amid caution ahead of the U.S. Federal Reserve’s policy decision and a bearish debut for telecom giant SoftBank Group Corp’s wireless unit following the country’s largest IPO.

The Nikkei share average ended 0.6 percent lower at 20,987.92, the weakest closing level since late March.

• China stocks slipped on Wednesday morning, with gains in real estate and utilities shares offset by losses in healthcare and energy companies.

The CSI300 index fell 0.3 percent, to 3,120.14 points at the end of the morning session, while the Shanghai Composite Index lost 0.3 percent, to 2,570.18points.

Reference: Reuters, CNBC