Global shares were mostly higher Tuesday following a rally on Wall Street that was helped by easing oil prices.
Regional investors were still weighing the impact from last week’s joint U.S.-Japan currency intervention, analysts said.
France’s CAC 40 added 0.3% in early trading to 8,643.50, while the German DAX surged 0.9% to 26,232.04. Britain’s FTSE 100 edged up nearly 0.4% to 10,897.75.
U.S. shares were set to drift higher with Dow futures up 0.1% at 53,409.00. S&P 500 futures rose 0.2% to 7,644.00.
In Asia, Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 gained 0.3% to finish at 63,957.53, as the U.S. dollar rose to 157.80 Japanese yen from 157.18 yen. The euro cost $1.1513, inching down from $1.1514. The dollar was trading at 160-yen levels before regulators stepped in to boost the yen’s value after it fell to nearly 40-year lows.
