World shares rise on global growth hopes, US shutdown's end
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January 24, 2018
HONG KONG (AP) — World stock markets rose Tuesday, led by strong gains in Asia, as an upbeat forecast for global economic growth and the end of the U.S. government shutdown helped lift sentiment.
KEEPING SCORE: Germany's DAX climbed 0.6 percent to 13,548 and France's CAC 40 was flat at 5,540. Britain's FTSE 100 rose 0.3 percent to 7,734. Wall Street was poised to open flat. Dow futures were roughly unchanged and the broader S&P 500 futures were down 0.1 percent.
GLOBAL GROWTH: The International Monetary Fund upgraded its outlook for the world economy, estimating that the world economy expanded...
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