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.
Asia-Pacific markets fell on Tuesday, despite gains on Wall Street that saw the Nasdaq Composite reached a new record on the strength of tech stocks.
The index was led by gains in Microsoft , Apple and chipmaker Nvidia .
It advanced 0.83% to end at 17,879.3.
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%.
Organizations:
Lotte Corp, Nasdaq, Microsoft, Apple, Nvidia, Traders, Reuters
Locations:
Seoul, South Korea, Asia, Pacific