Australia

Australian shares are set to open higher, after US benchmarks started the week positively.

ASX futures were up 0.04% or 4 points as of 8:30am on Tuesday, suggesting a higher open.

US blue-chip stocks led advancers to start the week with the Dow Industrials climbing above 44,000. Consumer discretionary and financial sectors rallied on expectations of policies from a new Trump administration. Bond markets were closed for Veterans Day. Tesla gained 9.1%, Trump Media & Technology Group added 4.7% and bitcoin surged above $84,000. Cigna rose 7.3% after saying it wasn't seeking to buy Humana, while AbbVie slid 13% after its experimental schizophrenia drug failed in trials. DJIA gained 304 points, or 0.7%, to 44,293, the S&P 500 gained 0.1% to 6,001, while the Nasdaq rose 0.1% to 19,298.

In commodity markets, Brent crude oil was down 2.6% to US$71.94 a barrel, while gold was down 2.4% to US$2,621.17.

The Australian dollar was at 65.70 US cents, down from its previous close of 65.82.

Asia

Chinese shares closed higher. The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index rose 0.5% to 3,470.07, and the Shenzhen Composite Index added 1.9% to 2,133.57.

Hong Kong shares ended lower. The benchmark Hang Seng Index lost 1.5% to 20,426.93.

Japanese shares closed higher. The Nikkei Stock Average gained 0.1% to 39,533.32.

India shares ended flat. The BSE SENSEX was unchanged at 79,496.15.

Europe

Stocks in the U.K. finished higher. The FTSE 100 Index increased 1.7% to 8,125.19.

In Europe, shares closed higher. Germany's DAX rose 1.2% to 19,448.60, and France's CAC 40 added 1.2% to 7,426.88.

North America

U.S. stocks ended higher. The DJIA gained 0.7% to 44,293.13, the S&P 500 increased 0.1% to 6,001.35, and the Nasdaq rose 0.1% to 19,298.76.

Among S&P 500 companies, the top three gainers were Bristol-Myers Squibb Co, surging 10.33%, Albemarle Corp jumped 9.19%, and Tesla Inc lifted 8.58%.

The biggest decliners were Monolithic Power Systems Inc which dropped 15.47%, AbbVie Inc fell 12.57%, and Moderna Inc lost 8.86%.