<div id="readability-page-1"><div> By Ronnie Harui <pre></pre> Asian equities fell amid holiday-thinned trade on Tuesday as renewed tensions in the Strait of Hormuz rattled investors in the region. The U.S.-Iran cease-fire has come under strain after Tehran fired at American warships and violently disrupted a U.S. effort to revive shipping in the Strait of Hormuz. After Iran fired cruise missiles and other projectiles at U.S. warships and commercial vessels, U.S. Central Command said it used Apache helicopters to sink the Iranian speedboats that were harassing traffic in the strait. &#34;A renewed flare-up in the Persian Gulf shattered confidence in the four-week-old U.S.-Iran ceasefire,&#34; Commerzbank Research analysts said in a research report. The main theme has been risk-off sentiment, the analysts added. Singapore's FTSE Straits Times Index fell 0.3%, Malaysia's FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI edged 0.1% lower, and Australia's S&amp;P/ASX 200 benchmark index lost 0.6%. Markets in China, Japan and South Korea are closed for public holidays. Oil futures were lower early Tuesday on a possible technical correction after both West Texas Intermediate and Brent futures settled markedly higher overnight. However, declines are likely to be limited as the U.S.-Iran ceasefire faces pressure, analysts said. Front-month West Texas Intermediate crude oil futures were down 1.6% at $104.75 per barrel, and front-month Brent crude oil futures were 0.6% lower at $113.76 a barrel, according to ICE data. <pre></pre> Write to Ronnie Harui at ronnie.harui@wsj.com <pre></pre> (END) Dow Jones Newswires May 04, 2026 21:25 ET (01:25 GMT)Copyright (c) 2026 Dow Jones &amp; Company, Inc.</div></div>

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Asian equities declined due to renewed tensions in the Strait of Hormuz, with the U.S.-Iran ceasefire under strain after Iran's aggressive actions against U.S. warships. Analysts noted a risk-off sentiment, leading to falls in major indices: Singapore's FTSE Straits Times Index down 0.3%, Malaysia's FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI down 0.1%, and Australia's S&P/ASX 200 down 0.6%. Oil futures also dropped, with West Texas Intermediate down 1.6% and Brent crude down 0.6%, although declines may be limited due to ongoing geopolitical pressures.

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