Global Benchmarks Mostly Rise Tuesday  09/22 05:07

   Global shares mostly rose Tuesday, as the market mood turned positive from 
the overnight rally on Wall Street.

   TOKYO (AP) -- Global shares mostly rose Tuesday, as the market mood turned 
positive from the overnight rally on Wall Street.

   France's CAC 40 added nearly 0.2% in early trading to 8,152.58, while the 
German DAX rose 0.1% to 25,609.14. Britain's FTSE 100 edged up nearly 0.1% to 
10,746.70. U.S. shares were set to be mixed, with Dow futures up nearly 0.1% to 
52,504.00, while S&P 500 futures fell less than 0.1% to 7,829.50.

   Australia's S&P/ASX 200 added 0.3% to 8,757.80. South Korea's Kospi rose 
0.2% to 7,017.91. Hong Kong's Hang Seng gained 0.2% to 25,087.75, while the 
Shanghai Composite was little changed, inching up less than 0.1% to 3,952.13. 
Tokyo markets were closed for an extended holiday and trading will resume 
Thursday.

   Wall Street climbed to the edge of its all-time high Monday. Stocks have 
been getting help from the recent decline in oil prices.

   In energy trading, benchmark U.S. crude fell 2.07% to $93.80 a barrel. 
Brent, the international standard, lost 0.58% to $99.76 a barrel.

   That's still much higher than its roughly $72 price from earlier this 
summer, but it's down from the nearly $110 it touched last week.

   Oil prices have been swinging as some crude passed through the 
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near as much as the industry would like because of 
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   Global markets are also getting a boost recently from AI stocks, which 
continue to strengthen after their worldwide slide at the start of last week. 
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   In currency trading, the U.S. dollar edged down to 157.15 Japanese yen from 
157.31 yen. The euro cost $1.1460, down from $1.1469.