Asian financial markets were treading carefully on Tuesday in holiday-thinned trading, but oil pushed higher with U.S and Iran nuclear negotiations in Geneva due to begin later in the day.
Mainland Chinese, Hong Kong, Singapore, Taiwan and South Korea markets were closed on Tuesday for Lunar New Year holidays. U.S markets were shut on Monday for Presidents’ Day.
Japan’s Nikkei 225
was down 0.5% and the broader Topix slid 0.2% to 3,779.29.
In Australia, the S&P/ASX200 was trading almost 0.5% higher.
