Asian markets ended mostly down on Tuesday pressured by mixed Wall Street signals overnight and rising bond yields as investors reined in expectations for bigger US interest rate cuts and caution ahead of the US presidential election. Meanwhile, persisted middle-east worries also weighed on Asian shares. Japanese shares declined amid concerns that the ruling party may lose its outright majority in the lower house in October 27 election. Although, Chinese and Hong Kong shares gained after China's central bank PBoC conducted its first operation of the Securities, Funds, and Insurance Companies Swap Facility (SFISF) aiming to leverage the role of financial institutions better in stabilizing China's capital market.
| Asian Indices | Last Trade | Change in Points | Change in % |
| Shanghai Composite | 3,285.87 | 17.76 | 0.54 |
| Hang Seng | 20,498.95 | 20.49 | 0.10 |
| Jakarta Composite | 7,788.98 | 16.38 | 0.21 |
| KLSE Composite | 1,642.54 | -3.14 | -0.19 |
| Nikkei 225 | 38,411.96 | -542.64 | -1.41 |
| Straits Times | 3,587.41 | -27.17 | -0.76 |
| KOSPI Composite | 2,570.70 | -34.22 | -1.33 |
| Taiwan Weighted | 23,535.43 | -7.10 | -0.03 |
