• European markets open higher on Monday despite uncertainty following Italy's parliamentary election on Sunday which produced a hung parliament.
The pan-European Stoxx 600 was 0.7 percent higher with every sector in positive territory.
• Asian shares regained ground on Tuesday after U.S. President Donald Trump faced growing pressure from political allies to pull back from proposed steel and aluminum tariffs, easing investor worries about an imminent trade war.
MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan rose 1.5 percent, snapping five straight days of losses.
• Japan’s Nikkei share average rose on Tuesday to snap a four-day losing run after Wall Street shares rallied overnight, with the dollar’s bounce lifting exporter shares.
The Nikkei ended the day up 1.79 percent at 21,417.76.
• China stocks rebounded on Tuesday, aided by robust gains in shares of real estate and healthcare firms, as worries of an imminent trade war eased.
At the close, the Shanghai Composite index was up 1 percent at 3,289.64. ** The blue-chip CSI300 index was up 1.2 percent, with its financial sector sub-index gaining 1.62 percent. Consumer staples sector was down 0.05 percent while the real estate index rose 4.31 percent and healthcare sub-index gained 2.17 percent.
Reference: Reuters, CNBC