US stocks to Asian markets today: Global equity heatmap you may like to know before Dalal Street opens on Tuesday

Indian markets are expected to open flat on Tuesday, with Gift Nifty around the 24,000 mark, as a sharp sell-off in global technology stocks overshadows relief from easing US-Iran tensions and lower crude oil prices (WTI at $81-82 per barrel). Asian markets tumbled in early trade, with Japan's Nikkei 225 down over 3 percent and South Korea's Kospi plunging more than 7 percent on renewed concerns over elevated AI valuations and weakening semiconductor stocks. US equities closed mixed overnight, with the Dow up 0.51 percent, S&P 500 flat at 0.02 percent, and Nasdaq slipping 0.18 percent led by a nearly 5 percent decline in Nvidia, as investors await the Federal Reserve policy decision and Big Tech earnings later this week.