Bangladesh, Sept. 2 -- Stocks slumped in Asian trading on Wednesday as a bond market-induced selloff on global markets spilled over into the region, after renewed attacks by the US on Iran pushed oil prices higher.

Advertisement MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan tumbled 1.5 per cent as South Korea's KOSPI dropped more than 3 per cent, while the Nikkei 225 was down 2.6 per cent. S&P 500 e-mini futures EScv1 were down 0.1 per cent.

Brent crude futures extended gains into a second day as trading resumed in Asia, rising 1.3 per cent to $95.91 a barrel after the US launched a barrage of airstrikes on Iran on Tuesday, which earlier pushed oil prices to a five-week high.

"The threat of further disruptions to the Strai...