World markets close mostly higher after Dow recovers some of Monday's heavy losses
A rebound on Wall Street provided a lift Tuesday to most world stock markets outside of Asia, where shares slumped overnight. The Dow Jones industrial average finished up 3.3 percent at 8,419.09 as investors bought back into equities after the savage retreat on Monday, when the blue-chip index closed down almost 700 points, or 7.7 percent, wiping out more than half of last week's gains. Monday's losses caused Asian markets to dive. Japan's Nikkei 225 stock average tumbled 533.53... Full Story
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