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Stocks which were in focus included names like Rail Vikas Nigam which was up 11%, Apollo Tyres which rose over 4%, and Nykaa which fell more than 9% on Tuesday.

“The inflation data was positive in a way. Stocks took off from that and it looks like we’re getting dragged higher now,” said John Kilduff, partner at Again Capital LLC in New York. “We’re still in that inverse dollar effect here.”

“The currency market is stabilising, toying with the notion that this was a stray missile or an intercepted missile and doesn’t necessarily imply an escalation in the war, with NATO needing to get involved,” said Rodrigo Catril, a senior currency strategist at National Australia Bank.

Taiwan Semi posted an 80% jump in third-quarter profit, helped by demand from customers such as iPhone maker Apple Inc, by far the largest investment in Berkshire’s $306.2 billion equity portfolio.

Traders now see an 89% probability of a 50-basis-point increase at the U.S. central bank’s December meeting, with only an 11% likelihood of a 75-basis-point rise. SPDR Gold Trust, the world’s largest gold-backed exchange-traded fund, said its holdings rose 0.03% to 910.41 tonnes on Monday from 910.12 tonnes on Friday.

This comes after the International Monetary Fund said on Sunday that the global economic outlook has become gloomier than projected last month, citing a steady worsening in purchasing manager surveys in recent months