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Global markets boosted

Author
AAP,
Publish Date
Sat, 1 Nov 2014, 5:18AM
(Photo / NewsPixNZ/NZ Herald)
(Photo / NewsPixNZ/NZ Herald)

Global markets boosted

Author
AAP,
Publish Date
Sat, 1 Nov 2014, 5:18AM

Halloween has done nothing to spook world stock markets.

In the US, both the Dow Jones and S&P 500 have hit new highs.

The Dow Jones was up 175 points a few minutes ago, at 17,371.

Japan's Nikkei jumped almost five percent on news of a fresh stimulus package there.

And Britain, France and Germany are all up at least one percent.

 

 

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