Asia-Pacific markets set to open lower after Wall Street declines

Asia-Pacific markets were poised to unfastened little Tuesday, tracking losses connected Wall Street, with investors awaiting a cardinal U.S. ostentation study for clarity connected the Federal Reserve's rate-cut path.

Investors volition besides measure the gathering betwixt South Korean and U.S. presidents implicit fleshing retired the commercialized woody model announced past period that stipulated 15% tariffs connected the Asian country's exports to the U.S.

Japan's Nikkei 225 was acceptable to unfastened lower, with the futures declaration successful Chicago astatine 42,670 portion its counterpart successful Osaka past traded astatine 42,530, against the index's Monday adjacent of 42,807.82.

Australia's S&P/ASX 200 was acceptable to commencement the time lower, with futures tied to the benchmark astatine 8,930, compared with the index's past adjacent of 8,972.40.

Futures for Hong Kong's Hang Seng index stood astatine 25,711, pointing to a weaker unfastened compared with the HSI's past adjacent of 25,829.91

China stocks volition beryllium successful focus, aft the mainland's CSI 300 extended its gains for a 4th consecutive session, climbing much than 2% connected Monday.

Shares successful the Nasdaq Golden Dragon China Index — which captures Chinese stocks listed connected the U.S. — ended Monday's league higher contempt losses successful the cardinal benchmarks connected Wall Street.

U.S. equity futures were small changed successful aboriginal Asia hours, arsenic investors await Nvidia's net and speechmaking of the U.S. Federal Reserve's preferred ostentation gauge.

Overnight stateside, each 3 cardinal benchmarks fell with the tech-heavy Nasdaq down 0.22% astatine 21,449.29. The wide market S&P 500 traded 0.43% little to settee astatine 6,439.32, portion the 30-stock Dow Jones Industrial Average closed down 349.27 points, oregon 0.77%, astatine 45,282.47.

— CNBC's Sean Conlon and Tanaya Macheel contributed to this report.