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Indian shares struggled for direction on Tuesday, tracking weak cues from global markets amid concerns over China's property sector and the possible impact of high oil prices on inflation and interest rates.

Despite the positive cues from Wall Street overnight, Asian stock markets are trading mostly lower, as traders remain cautious and await inflation data from across the region for directional cues. Inflation data from Singapore, Australia and Japan's Tokyo region are due later this week. The strength of the US dollar against major currencies in the region also weighed mostly lower on the markets.

Paring the gains in the previous session, the Japanese stock market is significantly lower on Tuesday, with the Nikkei 225 falling below the 32,500 level, despite the broadly positive cues from Wall Street overnight, with losses across most sectors, led by technology stocks. Financial stocks were the only bright spot.

Indian shares are seen opening lower on Tuesday as worries mounted over China's property sector, the dollar reached its peak for the year and the U.S. bond market continued its four-week sell-off.

After ending with slight gains in the previous two sessions, the Australian stock market is notably lower on Tuesday, with the benchmark S&P/ASX 200 staying below the 7,100 level, despite the broadly positive cues from Wall Street overnight, with weakness across most sectors led by mining and technology stocks. Traders also cautiously await domestic inflation data due on Wednesday.

Canadian stocks turned in a mixed performance on Monday as investors stayed largely cautious, looking ahead to a slew of economic data, including reports on U.S. inflation, personal income and spending, and Canadian GDP report.