Asian stocks were on edge on Wednesday with most markets stumbling as geopolitical tensions flared after Turkey downed a Russian fighter jet, while crude oil prices eased from two-week highs.
Australian shares dipped 0.5 percent . South Korea's Kospi .KS11 lost 0.2 percent and Hong Kong's Hang Seng .HSI dropped 0.5 percent. Japan's Nikkei .N225 shed 0.5 percent.
Adding to investor nervousness that followed the attacks on Paris earlier this month, Turkey shot down a Russian aircraft near the Syrian border on Tuesday, saying the jet had violated its air space.
It was one of the most serious publicly acknowledged clashes between a NATO member country and Russia for half a century.
Still, some of the markets in the region managed to hold their own even as the tense backdrop kept buyers at bay. Shanghai shares edged up 0.1 percent .SSEC and Malaysian stocks also posted modest gains.
MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan .MIAPJ0000PUS stood flat.
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