The U.S. currency had slid more than 1 percent the previous day from highs of 110.920, with the 110.00 threshold finally being breached after several close calls over the past few weeks. "Price movements here appear to be largely mirroring those in the USA, with key corporate earnings due later in the week and could be the reason that investors are still holding onto equities".
The heightened geopolitical risks come at a time when the global economy has shown steady improvement, led by the United States and encouraging momentum in export-reliant Asia. The U.S. dollar was down 1 per cent against the Japanese yen while the euro was down 0.1 percent against the yen after hitting an nearly five-month low versus Japan's currency earlier in the day.
Accountants question the numbers at the company's USA nuclear subsidiary Westinghouse Electric Co., where massive cost overruns have pushed the Japanese parent company to the brink.
Tokyo stocks were down across the board, with Toshiba declining 1.02 percent after it reported an unaudited loss of $4.8 billion in long-overdue financial results for the nine months to December 2016.
South Korean shares and Taiwan were also lower.
Australian stocks reversed earlier losses to climb 0.3 percent, after a measure of business conditions hit the highest level in a decade.
Yields on 10-year U.S. Treasuries were at 2.38 percent on Monday after briefly breaking below a significant chart barrier at 2.30 percent on Friday for the first time this year.
NEW YORK, April 11 (Reuters) - Nervous investors sought shelter in gold, Treasuries and the yen on Tuesday as tensions between the United States and Russian Federation over Syria took center stage after comments by U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson.
Geopolitical jitters triggered a "flight to safety" sentiment, as investors poured into safe-haven assets, on the back of recent developments in Syria, which include last week's USA airstrike on an airbase in Syria and possible US military action against North Korea.
South Africa credit rating: junk status sends rand tumbling
Largest trade union demands president's resignation amid criticism of his removal of finance minister and handling of economy . The resignations may boost Zuma's chances of surviving the no-confidence motion called by the two main opposition parties.
The White House said on Monday President Donald Trump was open to authorizing additional strikes on Syria if its government uses chemical weapons again or deploys barrel bombs, while North Korea warned of a nuclear attack on the United States if it was provoked as a U.S. Navy strike group moved towards the western Pacific.
In France, polls show that voters are increasingly more divided and disappointed with politics ahead of the first round of voting in France's presidential election on April 23.
"After Britain's Brexit referendum and the US presidential election surprised markets in 2016, could this event do the same?", Mark Burgess, global head of equities at Columbia Threadneedle in London, wrote in a note.
But Tokyo ended 0.3 percent lower and Hong Kong was down 0.8 percent in the afternoon while Singapore gave up 0.4 percent and Taipei slipped.
While the euro sagged against the yen, it fared better versus the struggling dollar.
Minneapolis Federal Reserve President Neel Kashkari is scheduled to take part in a Q&A session in Minneapolis at 1845 BST.
The New Zealand dollar fell to a five-month low against the yen as North Korea stepped up its anti-US rhetoric and American Secretary of State Rex Tillerson arrived in Moscow for talks on the standoff over Syria.
US crude pulled back 14 cents to $52.95 a barrel, after rising for the previous five sessions.
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