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• Asian shares inched to 19-month highs on Tuesday as the potential for economic stimulus in the United States underpinned the dollar, bond yields and Wall Street stocks.

Yet caution bled into markets ahead of testimony by the head of the Federal Reserve, which could highlight the likelihood of two or more U.S. interest rate hikes this year.

MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan .MIAPJPUS edged up 0.2 percent, trying for its fifth straight session of gains.

• Japanese stocks fell more than 1 percent on Tuesday, with investor sentiment soured after Toshiba Corp delayed its earnings release, including details of a multibillion dollar charge related to cost overruns at its U.S. nuclear arm.

The Nikkei share average dropped 1.1 percent to 19,238.98 points.

• China's main stock indexes were largely unchanged on Tuesday, after data showed the country's inflation picked up to multi-year highs and reinforced a shift by Beijing to a more tighter policy stance.

The blue-chip CSIindex was unchanged at 3,435.80 points, while the Shanghai Composite Index was also flat at 3,217.93 points.

· Hong Kong stocks held steady on Tuesday morning, supported by Chinese fund flows and a firm Wall Street, but gains were limited as investors locked in profits after a rising streak.

The city's benchmark Hang Seng index was flat at 23,712.17 points, after rising to a four-month high on Monday, while the Hong Kong China Enterprises Index gained 0.1 percent, to 10,265.97 points.

Reference : CNBC,Reuters