Saudi Arabia's stock market rose in early trade on Tuesday hitting its highest in nearly nine months on bets for an imminent end to U.S. interest rate hikes, while the Qatari bourse eased.
Bank of America's second-quarter profit beat Wall Street estimates as it earned more from customers' loan payments while investment banking and trading fared better than expected.
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said on Tuesday that Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen has told him that her country wants to contribute to the Amazon Fund, a Brazil-led initiative aimed at fighting deforestation.
Chicago-traded corn futures have held up relatively well considering the flip to wetter weather in the U.S. Corn Belt and the revelation that U.S. farmers have planted much more corn than expected.