Global markets are mostly higher as investors pin their hopes on an economic rebound from the coronavirus crisis.
Shares rose Thursday in London, Paris and Tokyo but dropped in Hong Kong, where tensions are flaring over Beijing's efforts to exert more control over the former British colony.
South Korean shares also fell after health authorities reported 79 new cases of coronavirus in the latest setback for the country's recovery from the pandemic.
But India's benchmark rose despite the country reporting yet another record number of coronavirus cases. On Wall Street overnight, the S&P 500 closed above 3,000 points for the first time since early March.
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