SINGAPORE (Reuters) - The dollar firmed against its rivals on Tuesday, supported by a safe haven bid as rising trade tensions and fears of a slowdown in global economic growth weighed on investors’ appetite for risk assets.

TOKYO (Reuters) - Asia shares recouped early losses and crept higher on Tuesday as China made a fresh attempt to stabilize its stock markets, but the gains looked fragile amid fears of a sharp escalation in the U.S.-China trade war.

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Brent oil prices dipped on Tuesday, weighed down by ongoing weakness in global stock markets and by signs of rising global supply despite looming sanctions on Iran’s crude exports.

TOKYO (Reuters) - Asian shares came under pressure on Tuesday after Wall Street peers finished weaker, hurt by fresh worries about the U.S.-China trade war and were on track for their biggest October decline since the 2008 financial crisis.

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Oil prices fell on Tuesday, dragged down by ongoing weakness in global stock markets and by signs of rising global supply despite looming sanctions on Iran’s crude exports.

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Asian shares look set for a modest bounce on Monday, though sentiment remains fragile as bears are on the ascendancy after steep declines across world financial markets last week on heightened worries over corporate earnings and global growth.