· The Dow Jones Industrial Average .DJI rose 14.31 points, or 0.07 percent, to 21,858.32, the S&P 500 .SPX gained 3.11 points, or 0.13 percent, to 2,441.32 while the Nasdaq Composite .IXIC added 39.68 points, or 0.64 percent, to 6,256.56.
The three major U.S. stocks indexes ended higher on Friday, snapping three days of losses, as investors bet on slower U.S. rate hikes, but gains were muted by increasingly aggressive exchanges between the United States and North Korea.
· The Dow Jones Industrial Average .DJI rose 135.39 points, or 0.62 percent, to close at 21,993.71, while the S&P 500 .SPX gained 24.52 points, or 1.00 percent, to 2,465.84, just the third day this year where the S&P 500 posted at least a 1 percent gain.
The Nasdaq Composite .IXIC added 83.68 points, or 1.34 percent, to 6,340.23.
U.S. stocks recovered further on Monday from last week's selloff, with the S&P 500 posting its biggest one-day percentage gain since April as worries eased about a conflict between the United States and North Korea.
· The CBOE Volatility index .VIX, Wall Street's fear gauge, fell more than 3 points after it spiked to a nine-month high last week. Safe-haven gold, which hit two-month highs last week, also dropped.
· Meanwhile, the CBOE Volatility Index (VIX), widely considered the best gauge of fear in the market, traded near 12.4, down about 20 percent.
· Equities in Asia gained in early Tuesday trade as markets took the lead from the stronger session on Wall Street overnight as risk aversion took a backseat.
· Japan's Nikkei 225 rose 0.96 percent as the greenback strengthened against the yen, after the index finished lower by close to 1 percent in the previous session.
· India and South Korea markets are closed for public holidays.
Reference: Reuters, CNBC
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