• Asian stocks posted their biggest drop in two weeks on Wednesday as growing doubts about Donald Trump's economic growth agenda prompted investors to dump risky assets and rush to safe havens such as gold and government debt.
MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan .MIAPJ0000PUS fell 1.4 percent, its biggest intraday percentage fall since March 9. In the previous session, the index hit its highest level since June 2015.
• Japan's Nikkei share average tumbled on Wednesday to its lowest close since late February, taking its cue from a sell-off on Wall Street and a strengthening of the perceived safe-haven yen.
The Nikkei ended down 2.1 percent at 19,041.38, plumbing its lowest levels since Feb. 27.
• China stocks fell on Wednesday due to worries over tightening liquidity in the domestic banking system, and uncertainty over whether U.S. President Donald Trump will be able to get his economic policies approved in a timely fashion.
The blue-chip CSI300 index fell 0.5 percent, to 3,450.05 points, while the Shanghai Composite Index lost 0.5 percent to 3,245.22 points.
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