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Australian shares closed at their lowest in more than three months on Tuesday as financial stocks extended losses following a scathing Royal Commission interim report on the scandal-hit sector.

British house prices rose only slowly again in September, extending their weak run since the 2016 Brexit vote, according to data published on Tuesday by mortgage lender Nationwide.

Dutch paintmaker Akzo Nobel said on Tuesday it would return 5.5 billion euros ($6.4 billion) to shareholders after the sale of its specialty chemicals division closed this week, fulfilling a promise made in March to give shareholders a large majority of the proceeds.

A planned tie-up of BASF's Wintershall and LetterOne's DEA could be listed in the second half of 2020, its designated chief executive told a German newspaper in an interview published on Tuesday.

British house prices rose only slowly again in September, extending their weak run since the 2016 Brexit vote, according to data published on Tuesday by mortgage lender Nationwide.

The whistleblower who helped reveal alleged money laundering at Danske Bank's Estonian branch has been invited to testify at the European Parliament's special committee on financial crimes, tax evasion and tax avoidance, chairman of the committee Dane Jeppe Kofod said on Facebook.

Australia's central bank marked a 26th straight month of stable policy on Tuesday, reinforcing market bets that rates will remain low for an extended period amid tighter credit conditions and lukewarm inflation and wages growth.

Turkish authorities have ordered the detention of 417 suspects in an investigation by financial police over the sending of some 2.5 billion lira ($419 million) to bank accounts abroad, broadcaster CNN Turk said on Tuesday.

Hong Kong stocks fell on Tuesday tracking weak global peers, while signs of weakness in China's manufacturing sector also hurt sentiment. ** Resuming trade after a public holiday on Monday, the benchmark Hang Seng Index was down 1.64 percent at 27,333.71, while the Chinese H-shares listed in Hong Kong fell 1.73...