Stocks rise on company earnings, oil gains on Iran sanctions
BEIJING (AP) — Global stock markets rose Tuesday as investors looked past U.S.-China trade tensions and the price of oil increased after the U.S. imposed new sanctions on Iran.
KEEPING SCORE: Germany's DAX rose 0.8 percent to 12,701 and France's CAC 40 advanced 0.7 percent to 5,516. London's FTSE 100 gained 0.7 percent to 7,716. On Wall Street, the future for the Dow Jones industrial average was 0.3 percent higher and that for the Standard & Poor's 500 index was up 0.2 percent.
ASIA'S DAY: The Shanghai Composite Index rose 2.7 percent to 2,779.37 and Tokyo's Nikkei 225 advanced 0.7 percent to 22,662.74. Hong Kong's Hang Seng added 1.5 percent to 28,248.88 and Seoul's Kospi was 0.6 percent higher at 2,300.16. Sydney's S&P-ASX 200 shed 0.