Japan’s Nikkei 225 dropped 1.1% to 29,436.73 in early trading, following a national holiday Tuesday.
“Markets continue to shift their expectations toward a tighter Fed monetary policy,” said Yeap Jun Rong, a market strategist at IG, adding that investors will be watching for U.S.
Wall Street closed out a wobbly day of trading, as gains in banks and energy companies tempered losses elsewhere in the market.
More than 60% of the stocks in the S&P 500 rose.
Best Buy slumped 12.3%, the biggest drop in the S&P 500, as concerns about tighter margins outweighed solid earnings.