Commercial and residential buildings seen from the rooftop of the Lotte Corp. World Tower at sunset in Seoul, South Korea, on Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2023.
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Asia-Pacific markets fell on Tuesday, despite gains on Wall Street that saw the Nasdaq Composite
The index was led by gains in MicrosoftAppleNvidia
Traders in Asia are assessing South Korea’s inflation numbers which came in at 2.4% for June, missing expectations by economists polled by Reuters who predicted a inflation rate of 2.7%.
Japan’s Nikkei 225
South Korea’s Kospi
Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 fell 0.15% in early trade.
Hong Kong Hang Seng index
Overnight in the U.S., the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the S&P 500
—CNBC’s Brian Evans and Samantha Subin contributed to this report.