Asian markets settled mostly down on Tuesday amid escalating geopolitical tensions surrounding the Korean Peninsula. Japanese shares declined amid profit taking at 34-year highs, while the Bank of Japan said that the Producer Price Index was unchanged from the same month a year before. However, Chinese shares gained as major Chinese lender Ping An Bank Co. put 41 Companies on a list of developers eligible for its funding support, marking the latest move aimed at reviving the nation's crisis-hit property sector. Further, China's $1.24 trillion sovereign wealth fund vowed to help with risk mitigation and market stabilization in 2024.
| Asian Indices | Last Trade | Change in Points | Change in % |
| Shanghai Composite | 2,893.99 | 7.70 | 0.27 |
| Hang Seng | 15,865.92 | -350.41 | -2.21 |
| Jakarta Composite | 7,242.79 | 18.79 | 0.26 |
| KLSE Composite | 1,493.87 | -7.24 | -0.48 |
| Nikkei 225 | 35,619.18 | -282.61 | -0.79 |
| Straits Times | 3,184.99 | -14.43 | -0.45 |
| KOSPI Composite | 2,497.59 | -28.40 | -1.14 |
| Taiwan Weighted | 17,346.87 | -199.95 | -1.15 |
