Originally posted by the Voice of America. Voice of America content is produced by the Voice of America, a United States federal government-sponsored entity, and is in the public domain. Global Markets Trading Higher Tuesday VOA News Global markets are trading mostly higher Tuesday despite another major reversal in the price of U.S. crude oil. In Asia, the benchmark indexes in Tokyo, Sydney and Shanghai were basically flat, while Hong Kong and Seoul enjoyed gains in late afternoon trading. Over in Europe, London's FTSE, the CAC-40 in Paris and the DAX index in Frankfurt were all in positive territory in early morning trading. .