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Global Benchmarks Mostly Rise Tuesday 09/22 05:07
Global shares mostly rose Tuesday, as the market mood turned positive from
the overnight rally on Wall Street.
TOKYO (AP) -- Global shares mostly rose Tuesday, as the market mood turned
positive from the overnight rally on Wall Street.
France's CAC 40 added nearly 0.2% in early trading to 8,152.58, while the
German DAX rose 0.1% to 25,609.14. Britain's FTSE 100 edged up nearly 0.1% to
10,746.70. U.S. shares were set to be mixed, with Dow futures up nearly 0.1% to
52,504.00, while S&P 500 futures fell less than 0.1% to 7,829.50.
Australia's S&P/ASX 200 added 0.3% to 8,757.80. South Korea's Kospi rose
0.2% to 7,017.91. Hong Kong's Hang Seng gained 0.2% to 25,087.75, while the
Shanghai Composite was little changed, inching up less than 0.1% to 3,952.13.
Tokyo markets were closed for an extended holiday and trading will resume
Thursday.
Wall Street climbed to the edge of its all-time high Monday. Stocks have
been getting help from the recent decline in oil prices.
In energy trading, benchmark U.S. crude fell 2.07% to $93.80 a barrel.
Brent, the international standard, lost 0.58% to $99.76 a barrel.
That's still much higher than its roughly $72 price from earlier this
summer, but it's down from the nearly $110 it touched last week.
Oil prices have been swinging as some crude passed through the
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near as much as the industry would like because of
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Global markets are also getting a boost recently from AI stocks, which
continue to strengthen after their worldwide slide at the start of last week.
Leaders of the industry have recently
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97706 in the industry's development for the safety of humanity.
In currency trading, the U.S. dollar edged down to 157.15 Japanese yen from
157.31 yen. The euro cost $1.1460, down from $1.1469.
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