- Retegui hat-trick fires five-star Atalanta to hammering of Genoa
- Heavyweights Australia, England off to World Cup winning starts
- Visiting UN refugee agency chief decries 'terrible crisis' in Lebanon
- Spinners come to party as England defeat Bangladesh at T20 World Cup
- Search continues for missing in deadly Bosnia floods
- Man City sink Fulham to get title bid back on track
- France's Auradou whistled on Pau return in Perpignan loss amid ongoing rape case
- A 'forgotten' valley in storm-hit North Carolina, desperate for help
- Arsenal hit back in style after Southampton scare
- Hezbollah heir apparent Safieddine out of contact after strikes
- Liverpool stay top of Premier League as Arsenal, Man City win
- In dank Tour of Emilia, Pogacar shines in rainbow jersey
- DR Congo launches mpox vaccination drive, hoping to curb outbreak
- Trump returns to site of failed assassination
- Careless Leverkusen held to Bundesliga draw
- O'Brien's 'superstar' Kyprios posts landmark win on Arc weekend
- Liverpool suffer Alisson injury blow
- Habosi helps Racing beat Vannes before Auradou's playing return
- Thousands march in London in support of Palestinians, 1 year after Oct 7
- Israel readying response to Iran missile attack
- Schutt, Mooney help Australia beat Sri Lanka in Women's T20 World Cup
- Liverpool extend Premier League lead with win at Palace
- Djokovic 'shakes rust off' to make third round of Shanghai Masters
- 'Imperfect' PSG fighting on all fronts - Luis Enrique
- Struggling Pakistan look to thwart adaptable England
- Child 'trampled to death' in asylum seekers' Channel crossing: minister
- Gauff fights back to set up Beijing final against Muchova
- Guardiola claims Premier League won't delay season for Man City
- Israel to mark October 7 attack as Gaza war spreads
- Gauff fights back to reach China Open final
- Recovering Stokes ruled out of first Pakistan Test
- Hezbollah battles troops on border as Israel pounds Lebanon
- Alcaraz, Sinner breeze into third round of Shanghai Masters
- Bagnaia wins Japan MotoGP sprint to cut Martin's lead
- Alcaraz breezes into third round of Shanghai Masters
- Gaza cultural heritage brought to light in Geneva
- 'Bullet for democracy': Trump returns to site of rally shooting
- Italy targets climate activists in 'anti-Gandhi' demo clampdown
- South Korean cult-horror series 'Hellbound' returns at BIFF
- Nepalis fear more floods as climate change melts glaciers
- Honduras arrests environmentalist's alleged murderer
- Padres pitcher Musgrove needs elbow surgery
- Supreme Court lets stand rules to curb mercury, methane emissions
- Boston beat Denver in NBA exhibition season opener, but Jokic says omens are good
- Chagos diaspora angry at lack of input on islands' fate
- Biden says 'not confident' of peaceful US election
- US trade chief defends tariff hikes when paired with investment
- Lukaku stars as Napoli beat Como to hold Serie A top spot
- Ohtani set for MLB playoff debut as Dodgers face Padres
- Pogba's drug ban cut to 18 months from four years
Oil prices fall as tensions ease, stocks mostly advance
Oil prices fell Tuesday on easing geopolitical concerns surrounding major crude producers Iran and Russia while stock markets mostly moved higher.
Talks to revive a deal with Iran on its contested nuclear program resumed in Vienna after officials signaled an agreement was "in sight."
"There is a US offer, there is a counter-offer," said the European Union's foreign policy chief Josep Borrell.
"I don't if know it's going to be one week, two weeks, three weeks, but certainly we are in the last steps of the negotiation."
Oil prices fell about two percent.
Edward Moya, analyst at trading group Oanda, said signs of progress in US-Iran nuclear talks -- which could see Tehran sell oil internationally again -- would likely not have much long-term impact on the crude price rally towards $100 per barrel.
"Energy traders locked in some profits over optimism that the US and Iran might be able to salvage a nuclear deal," he said.
"The oil market still remains heavily in deficit and whatever weakness happens to prices will likely be short-lived."
Analysts also pointed to hopes about the situation with Ukraine after French President Emmanuel Macron said he had convinced Russia's Vladimir Putin not to escalate the crisis with its neighbor, ahead of talks in Kyiv aimed at defusing fears Moscow could invade.
In equity markets, Wall Street shrugged off early weakness and worries about higher interest rates following a batch of mostly solid earnings from DuPont, Harley-Davidson and others.
But sentiment was more muted in Europe, where stock markets in Frankfurt and Paris ended the day marginally higher, while London dipped.
Investors are bracing for central banks to raise interest rates to tame inflation, a move that could weigh down on the global economic recovery.
But Michael Hewson of CMC Markets said that "by and large, markets and investors are getting used to the idea of higher rates from central banks."
In Asia, SoftBank announced that the $40 billion sale of chip powerhouse Arm to Nvidia had collapsed because of "significant regulatory challenges" over competition concerns.
The Japanese telecoms firm-turned-investment giant also reported net profit of $251 million in the third quarter.
In other markets, the price of aluminium surged to the highest level in 14 years at $3,236 per-ton on stretched supplies after China placed the city of Baise -- a key producer of the base metal -- in Covid lockdown.
- Key figures around 2050 GMT -
New York - Dow: UP 1.1 percent at 35,462.78 (close)
New York - S&P 500: UP 0.8 percent at 4,521.54 (close)
New York - Nasdaq: UP 1.3 percent at 14,194.45 (close)
London - FTSE 100: DOWN 0.1 percent at 7,567.07 (close)
Frankfurt - DAX: UP 0.2 percent at 15,241.61 (close)
Paris - CAC 40: UP 0.3 percent at 7,028.41 (close)
EURO STOXX 50: UP 0.2 percent at 4,129.25 (close)
Tokyo - Nikkei 225: UP 0.1 percent at 27,284.52 (close)
Hong Kong - Hang Seng Index: DOWN 1.0 percent at 24,329.49 (close)
Shanghai - Composite: UP 0.7 percent at 3,452.63 (close)
Euro/dollar: DOWN at $1.1426 from $1.1442 late Monday
Pound/dollar: UP at $1.3545 from $1.3536
Euro/pound: DOWN at 84.27 pence from 84.53 pence
Dollar/yen: UP at 115.53 from 115.10 yen
Brent North Sea crude: DOWN 2.1 percent at $90.78 per barrel
West Texas Intermediate: DOWN 2.1 percent at $89.36 per barrel
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