World stocks rise as Ukraine plane tensions ease

[Omaha Steve]

Source: AP-Excite

By ELAINE KURTENBACH

TOKYO (AP) — World stock markets rose Tuesday as tensions over the downing of a passenger jet in Ukraine eased after pro-Moscow separatists released a train packed with bodies and handed over the aircraft's black boxes.

In Europe, Britain's FTSE 100 gained 0.5 percent to 6,764.55 and Germany's DAX added 0.8 percent to 9,689.15. France's CAC-40 gained 0.6 percent to 4,328.51. U.S. markets looked set for an upbeat start, with Dow futures up 0.2 percent and S&P 500 futures up 0.1 percent.

Shares fell Monday as investors awaited corporate earnings while monitoring the mounting political turmoil in Gaza and Ukraine.

Some investors fear Western governments, already alarmed by Russia's support for rebels in Ukraine's east, might toughen economic sanctions over the shooting down of the Malaysia Airlines last week with 298 people aboard.

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A man watches an electronic stock indicator in Tokyo, Tuesday, July 22, 2014. Asian shares rose Tuesday as tensions over the downing of a passenger jet in Ukraine eased after pro-Moscow separatists released a train packed with bodies and handed over the aircraft's black boxes. Japan's Nikkei 225 stock index added 0.8 percent to 15,343.28 as trading resumed after Monday's public holiday. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)

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[Nihil]

1. That just about sums it up doesn't it?

> World stocks rise as Ukraine plane tensions ease

That is ALL that some people - the "leaders" - care about.

Nothing about the 298 dead people on that plane.

Nothing about the 700 killed in Syria.

Nothing about the hundreds killed in Gaza.

Nothing about the devastation to the environment done every day.

Nothing about the impact of climate change.

Nothing else.

Just that the fucking stock price rose slightly.