World stocks rose Tuesday as optimism about growth in global manufacturing drove Wall Street to more record highs the day before. KEEPING SCORE: France's CAC 40 edged up 0.2 percent to 5,360, while Britain's FTSE 100 rose 0.1 percent to 7,443. DATA DRIVE: Surveys on manufacturing released Monday were particularly strong for the U.S. and the eurozone. ENERGY: Benchmark U.S. crude fell 15 cents to $50.43 a barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. CURRENCIES: The dollar rose to 113.04 yen from 112.87 yen late Monday in Asia.

Source: ABC News October 03, 2017 06:54 UTC