SINGAPORE — Stocks in Asia-Pacific were lower in Tuesday trade following an overnight tumble on Wall Street.

Stocks in Australia led losses among the region’s major markets, with the S&P/ASX 200 down 1.9%.

Mainland Chinese stocks declined by the afternoon, with the Shanghai composite down 0.37% while the Shenzhen component was 0.1% lower. Profits at China’s industrial firms jumped 10.1% year-on-year in September, according to the country’s National Bureau of Statistics.

In Japan, the Nikkei 225 shed 0.41% while the Topix index fell 0.65%.

South Korea’s Kospi dipped 0.26%. South Korea’s real gross domestic product grew 1.9% in the third quarter as as compared to the previous quarter, according to an advance estimate released Tuesday by the Bank of Korea.

MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan fell 0.55%.

Investor sentiment in Asia-Pacific may have been impacted by sharp overnight declines on Wall Street amid a jump in coronavirus infections. Optimism is also fading over the White House striking a stimulus deal with Democrats before the elections.

The U.S. dollar index, which tracks the greenback against a basket of its peers, was at 92.962 after last week’s decline from levels above 93.2.

The Japanese yen traded at 104.73 per dollar after seeing levels around 105 against the greenback yesterday. The Australian dollar changed hands at $0.7131 after seeing an earlier low of $0.7113.

Oil prices were higher in the afternoon of Asian trading hours, with international benchmark Brent crude futures up 0.57% to $40.69 per barrel. U.S. crude futures also gained 0.47% to $38.74 per barrel.