Asia-Pacific markets fall as investors monitor Middle East tensions; Japan's Nikkei down 1.5%

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Asia-Pacific markets fall as investors monitor Middle East tensions; Japan's Nikkei down 1.5%
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Asia-Pacific markets fell at open on Wednesday morning, following a poor start to the trading month on Wall Street.

SINGAPORE — Asia-Pacific markets opened lower Wednesday morning, following a poor start to the trading month on Wall Street that saw major indexes fall amid rising Middle East tensions.futures were at 20,768, lower than the HSI's last close of 21,133.68. Markets in Mainland China were closed Wednesday and will remain closed for the rest of the week due to the Golden Week holiday.rose 1.

6% in September from a year earlier, data showed Wednesday morning, missing expectations by economists polled by Reuters who expected a rate of 1.9%.."Iran made a big mistake tonight — and it will pay for it," he said, according to NBC News, adding"the regime in Iran does not understand our determination to defend ourselves and our determination to retaliate against our enemies."Feeling out of the loop? We'll catch you up on the Chicago news you need to know.

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