European stocks to open higher as U.S.-Iran ceasefire deadline looms

European stocks higher as U.S.-Iran ceasefire deadline looms

European stocks traded broadly higher on Tuesday as investors try to gauge the direction of efforts to end the U.S.-Iran war.

Seoul stocks open sharply higher ahead of US-Iran ceasefire deadline

Korean stocks opened sharply higher on Tuesday ahead of the deadline for a two-week ceasefire in the U.S.-Iran war. The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) rose 123.67 points, or 1.99 percent, to 6,342.76 as of 9:23 a.m., on pace to break another record. The previous high was on Feb. 26, when the index closed at 6,307.27 points. Overnight, major stock indexes on Wall Street closed lower, with the S&P500 inching down 0.24 percent …