Chinese equities were mixed, almost flat, as sentiment over the crackdown on illegal cross-border securities trading waned.
The Shanghai Composite Index slipped 0.2, or 7.2 points, to finish Tuesday's trade at 4,145.37. The Shenzhen Component Index marginally rose to 15,876.16.
Beijing tightened its crackdown on illicit cross border investing, imposing fines on three securities brokers --- Tiger Brokers, Futu Securities and Changqiao Securities --- that operated without proper approvals.
In corporate news, Xingyun Technology (SHE:300209) slumped 11.8% amid unit's plan to sell enterprise-grade SSD drives to Zhejiang Shenhu Technology for 321.8 million yuan.
Tongding Interconnection Information (SHE:002491) dropped 7.8% after naming Bai Xiaoming vice chairman.
OKE Precision Cutting Tools (SHA:688308) jumped 5.9% despite GEM (SHE:002340) announcing it will dispose of its 5.5% holdings in the CNC cutting tool maker.