Emerging market shares climb after Putin speech today

Emerging-market stocks advanced on Tuesday trading session rising for the second successive day led by technology sector companies after the Russia's President Putin said he is not seeking to split Ukraine. The MSCI Emerging Markets Index jumped as much as 0.4% to 946.87 as of 12:40 p.m. London time, while the Russian Mices gauge added 6.3% in the last two sessions.