• Wall Street drifted lower on Monday as investors worried that President Donald Trump's plan to cut taxes and boost the economy could take longer than previously expected.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average .DJI inched down 0.04 percent to end at 20,905.86 points, while the S&P 500 .SPX lost 0.20 percent to 2,373.47.
The Nasdaq Composite .IXIC edged up 0.01 percent to finish at 5,901.53 after briefly hitting an intraday record high.
• Asian shares clung to their 15-month highs on Tuesday while the dollar and U.S. bond yields were on the back foot on the prospects of a less-hawkish Federal Reserve policy trajectory.
In early trade, MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan .MIAPJ0000PUS rose 0.1 percent, staying near a 15-month high it touched on Monday, with South Korean shares .KS11 hitting two-year highs.
• Japan's Nikkei .N225 dropped 0.8 percent, weighed by financial stocks, which were hurt by lower U.S. yields and exporter stocks, which fell on the yen's gains against the dollar.
Reference: Reuters
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