The DOW Jones and S&P 500 were trading positive in Tuesday's trading session. The DOW Jones closed at 17,687.82, a plus of 0.23% and the S&P500 closed higher with a plus of +0.51% at 2,051.80 points - both indices reaching new highs on upbeat European economic sentiment and positive U.S. data.

Hong Kong's Hang Seng lost -0.69%, China's Shanghai Composite was down -0.21% closing at 2,451.17 points. Both indices lost after Monday being the first day of a new stock-exchange link between Shanghai and Hong Kong and investors continued to book profits.

Japan's Nikkei closed with a loss of -0.32% at 17,288.75 points reversing gains from early trading as investors took profits after Prime Minister Abe delayed the sales tax hike by 18 months and announced snap elections.