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The Breakfast Briefing: Global Stocks Tick Higher After South Korea Trade Deal
FYI: Global stocks edged up Tuesday as investors parsed the most recent wave of tariffs between Washington and Beijing and after the U.S. signed a revised free-trade deal with South Korea.
The Stoxx Europe 600 rose 0.2% in early trading, with shares in Sky SKYAY 8.70% PLC up 0.3% after Comcast CMCSA -5.99% said it had bought a 29% stake in the European media firm, following its bidding war with 21st Century Fox . FOX 1.73% The index’s oil-and-gas sector gained 1%, building on Monday’s rise after Brent crude oil prices hit a four-year high Monday.
