On Tuesday, US shares extended its gains, as investors were hopeful of a deal during the ongoing trade talks between the United States and China.
India's consumer prices grew at a weaker pace than expected in January and remained below the target for a sixth month in succession, strengthening views over the key interest rate cut in April.
The US job openings jumped to a record high in December, supported by vacancies in the accommodation, food services and construction sectors, which is likely to bolster views about a lack of workers in the economy.
The US small businesses' optimism dropped to the lowest level since the election of Donald Trump more than two years ago due to growing uncertainty concerning the economic outlook.
Under Armour announced quarterly profit above analysts' estimates on Tuesday, as the sportswear maker stood at a tight lid over costs and sold more pairs of shoes at their full price during the season of holiday shopping.
The buyout firm EQT is planning a sale of its 20%-25% stake in the pet care company Independent Vetcare Group to some institutional investors in a potential deal that could value the group at $1.7B.
Southeast Asia's fashion start-up Zilingo stated it had raised $226M from its bakers, such as Singapore's Temasek Holdings and Sequoia Capital, in its latest round of funding.
Amcor, the Australian packaging firm, secured a conditional EU approval to acquire Bemis for $5.25B after it had agreed to sell its European medical packaging business.
Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems, Brazil's PE group Pátria Investimentos and Royal Dutch Shell announced on Tuesday they were set to make a $700M investment to establish and operate the gas-fired power factory in Rio de Janeiro.
Germany's wholesaler Metro stated it was seeing non-binding offers for its struggling Real hypermarkets chain to be made in the near future.
Samsung Heavy Industries has scrapped an offer to acquire the rival shipbuilder DSME, the senior shareholder of the company announced on Tuesday.
On Tuesday, the Japanese group KDDI Corp stated it was set to acquire a minority stake worth about $800M in Kabu.com Securities, as the telecom firm seeks expansion in finance.
Sachem Head Capital, the activist hedge fund, is pushing Zayo Group Holdings, the US communications infrastructure provider, to explore its sale, according to sources.
The US battery producer Duracell International and Energizer Holdings are considering to bid for a majority stake of Eveready Industries, likely sparking competition between the two companies, the Economic Times said on Tuesday.
By the middle of Tuesday's trading session crude oil prices had surged more than one percent. The surge was attributed to previous OPEC oil cuts and sanctions against Venezuela.
On Tuesday, it was announced by a group of Chinese and Taiwanese investors that they will bail out the Apple supplier Japan Display Inc via a $723 million investment.
On Monday, Amazon.com stated it would acquire the home routers developer eero, seeking to help its customers better set up the connection to smart home services.
On Tuesday, Debenhams announced it had secured £40M in additional funding from several of its lenders, sending the British retail chain's shares up 33.9% to 4.23 pence.
The Pentagon is set to review the certification of the SpaceX launch vehicles owned by Elon Musk to define whether the US Air Force complied with all the certain guidelines.
Reddit, the social media network, announced on Monday it had attracted $300M in its latest round of funding, conducted by Tencent Holdings, bringing the market valuation of the company to $3.0B.
Walmart and the Google-backed logistics firm Deliv ended their grocery delivery partnership, after failing to compete with its rival Amazon.com, sources reported on Tuesday.
On Tuesday, the US dollar traded almost sideways. It could be observed that the markets were remaining calm without new and relevant information.
During the Tuesday's Asian trading session stock indices were rising. The surge was attributed to US-China trade talks.
On Monday, US congressional negotiators reached an agreement that avoided another government shutdown. However, the deal does not include funding a border wall.