Markets in Asia rose moderately with Shanghai closed for the holiday.
The Nikkei rose .3% to 9,832.
The Hang Seng was up 1.1% to 21,475. HSBC (NYSE:HBC) was up.
At the open in Europe, the FTSE rose 1.1% helped by good earnings from Alcoa (NYSE:AA). The Dax was up 1.6% to 5,726. The CAC 40 rose 1.3% to 3,813.
Data from Reuters and MarketWatch.
Douglas A McIntyre
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