Tokyo, April 2 -- As US President Donald Trump signalled that US was nearing the completion of its core objectives in the operation against Iran but would continue to hit them hard over the next two weeks, the Asian Markets reacted negatively.

The prospect of an end to the US-Israel led campaign had earlier lifted global indices. But with Trump promising to send Iran back to the "stone age" over the next few weeks the sentiment turned negative.

Channel News Asia reported that MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan slid 0.75 per cent. Japan's Nikkei reversed course to trade down 0.79 per cent in volatile trading.

With the US President not providing a clear timeline to the end of the war, the markets failed to cheer. ...