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Asian Markets Mostly Higher, European Markets Struggle in Early Trading

VOA News

   Asian markets were mostly higher Tuesday as Wall Street's big gains the
   day before gave investors hopes of a beginning of a post-pandemic
   recovery.

   The S&P/ASX in Sydney ended Tuesday's session 2.4% higher to lead the
   region, while Hong Kong's Hang Seng is up 1% in late afternoon trading.
   The Shanghai Composite index is up 0.6%, while both the KOSPI index in
   Seoul and Taiwan's TSEC index is 0.2% higher.

   Tokyo's Nikkei index finished 0.3% lower for the day, while Mumbai's
   Sensex is fluctuating.

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