.png)
• European stocks are set to open slightly higher on Tuesday morning as investors continued to monitor a fresh batch of corporate earnings.
Looking to the major bourses, the U.K.'s FTSE 100 is expected to open 4 points higher at 7,482, while the German DAX is set to start on a positive note, up 9 points at13,235, and the French CAC is poised to open up 1 point at 5,490, according to IG.
.png)
• Asian stocks mostly rose on Tuesday, shaking off downbeat factory readings out of China, while the dollar sagged after investigators probing Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. election charged President Donald Trump’s former campaign manager.
MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan .MIAPJ0000PUS was up 0.4 percent.
• Japan’s Nikkei share average ended flat on Tuesday as losses in SoftBank offset optimism fuelled by the Bank Of Japan’s decision to leave its purchase of exchange traded funds unchanged.
The Nikkei closed at 22,011.61 after trading in negative territory most of the day. For the month, the index jumped 8.1 percent, the biggest monthly gain in two years.
• Shanghai stocks erased earlier losses to end slightly higher on Tuesday, underpinned by strong gains in transport firms even as China posted a disappointing October manufacturing activity index.
The blue-chip CSI300 index fell 0.1 percent, to 4,006.72, while the Shanghai Composite Index added 0.1 percent to 3,393.34 points.
Reference: Reuters, CNBC
Thai
Eng