Global stocks mostly rose on Tuesday, with Wall Street indices ending at fresh records as US inflation data showed a still-subdued impact from US President Donald Trump's tariffs.
That, combined with Trump extending by 90 days a trade truce with China, cheered investors.
New York jumped after the US consumer price index (CPI) reading for July showed annualized inflation at 2.7 percent, unchanged from a month earlier.
Both the S&P 500 and Nasdaq finished at fresh records.
European markets were likewise boosted by the US inflation numbers, with all but Frankfurt rising.
While the headline CPI figure was lower than expected, underlying price increases indicated that Trump's tariffs were nevertheless starting to ripple through the US economy.
Core inflation, which strips out volatile cos