Overview: Iran's Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has threatened "severe retaliation" for the US attack that killed an important head of a force within the Islamic Revolutionary Guard. At the same time, reports indicate that North Korea's Kim Jong Un is no longer pledging to halt its nuclear weapons testing and has threatened to unveil a new weapon. Meanwhile, Turkish forces have reportedly entered Libya. The geopolitical tensions are the key development that is hitting thin holiday markets and sapping the risk appetite that led to new record highs in the US equities yesterday.
Asia Pacific equities