Asian Stocks Fall After Oil Snaps Rally, China Exports Slump

Asian stocks fell Wednesday morning after a decline in oil and weak Chinese trade data dragged U.S. shares down Tuesday.

Japan's Nikkei 225 fell 1.5 percent and Singapore's STI dropped 1.6 percent. South Korea's KOSPI was little changed, while Australia's ASX 200 rose 0.1 percent.

In the U.S. on Tuesday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.6 percent while the S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite both lost more than 1 percent.