Global Shares Rise After Wall St. Climbs On Big Tech Gains

Global shares mostly rose on Tuesday after U.S. stocks closed broadly higher, with gains in Big Tech companies offsetting a decline in oil and gas stocks.

Britain's FTSE 100 also increased by 0.3% to 8,308.83.

France's CAC 40 gained 0.3% in early trading to 7,580.12, while Germany's DAX rose nearly 0.3% to 19,586.90, Yuri Kageyama reported for the Associated Press (AP).

Britain's FTSE 100 also increased by 0.3% to 8,308.83. U.S. shares were set to see little change, with Dow futures down less than 0.1% at 42,576.00 and S&P 500 futures inching up less than 0.1% to 5,864.00.

Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225 added 0.8% to finish at 38,903.68. Australia's S&P/ASX 200 gained 0.3% to 8,249.20. South Korea's Kospi added 0.2% to 2,617.80, while Hong Kong's Hang Seng edged up 0.5% to 20,701.14.

The Shanghai Composite slipped 1.1% to 3,286.41.

In Japan, the government reported that unemployment stood at 2.4% last month, marking an improvement of 0.1 percentage point, and the second straight month of recovery.

The continued weakness of the yen has supported Japanese stocks. In currency trading, the U.S. dollar rose to 153.32 Japanese yen from 153.23 yen, while the euro increased slightly to $1.0820 from $1.0817.