Overnight the main WallStreet indices closed between 0.1 percent and 0.4 percent lower on concerns about an escalation in the Israel-Iran conflict, with oil prices spiking.
In Japan, the Nikkei 225 index edged 1.4% higher to 39,451.25 after Tokyo’s consumer inflation, considered a leading indicator of nationwide trends, cooled to 2.2% year-on-year in September, in line ...