Global stock markets rise on strong earnings, economic data

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T&D - 10/24/2017 - Joe McDonald - (AP) - Global stock markets rose Tuesday on upbeat corporate earnings and economic data globally. Tokyo's benchmark Nikkei 225 extended a post-World War II record by logging its 16th straight trading session of gains. KEEPING SCORE: Germany's DAX rose 0.3 percent to 13,044 and France's CAC-40 gained 0.4 percent to 5,409. The FTSE 100 in London gained 0.1 percent to 7,531. On Wall Street, the future for the Dow Jones industrial average rose 0.6 percent while the Standard & Poor's 500 futures were up 0.2 percent.Read more @ http://thetandd.com/business/global-sto ... bea4c.html