Asian shares were mixed Tuesday, echoing trading on Wall Street, where gains for oil and gas producers helped offset drops for Nvidia and other Big Tech companies. Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225 index slipped 2.

European benchmarks are declining, while Asia derived some optimism from rising technology stocks on Wall Street. Benchmarks fell in early Tuesday trading in France, Germany and Britain. U.S. futures

Asian stocks retreated on Monday after U.S. stocks fell as good news on the job market raised inflation worries. Markets in Japan were closed for a holiday. U.S. futures dropped while oil prices surged more than $1 a barrel after President Joe Biden’s administration expanded sanctions against Russia’s critically important energy sector over its war in Ukraine.

U.S. stock indexes were split as gains for oil-and-gas producers helped offset drops for Nvidia and other Big Tech companies

Wall Street pointed modestly higher ahead of this week’s latest U.S. inflation reports and the unofficial start of earnings season. Futures for the S&P 500 and the Dow Jones Industrial

Asian shares traded mixed Tuesday, echoing Wall Street trading, where gains for oil-and-gas producers helped offset drops for Nvidia and other Big Tech companies.