Asia shares fell and United States stock futures pointed to a weak open on Wall Street, with an event-packed week that includes the release of US inflation data as well as Federal Reserve and Bank of Japan meetings adding to the cautious mood.

For now, it's the prospect of fresh political uncertainty in the euro zone's second-biggest economy weighing on sentiment after far-right gains in European Parliament elections on Sunday prompted a bruised French President Emmanuel Macron to call a snap national election.

The Euro fell to a one-month low against the Dollar, European stocks slipped 0.6%, eurozone bank stocks tumbled 2% while government bond yields in France and Italy jumped.

--Reuters--