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What you need to know today Oil slump boosts markets All major U.S. indexes rose Monday on soft oil prices while investors awaited Big Tech earnings.
Asia-Pacific markets traded mixed Tuesday . Japan's Nikkei 225 extended gains to a second day, up 0.7% as the country's jobless rate for September dropped to 2.
4% from 2.5% the previous month. Japan uncertainty Japan's economic policy appears uncertain after Monday's lower house election, in which the ruling Liberal Democratic Party lost its majority.
That's because it's unclear what the new coalition government will look like, and if current Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba will manage to stay in power. Chinese IPOs in the U.S.
and Hong Kong There will be more Chinese companies listing in the U.S. and Hong Kong next year, according to analysts.
There have been a few high-profile IPOs already this year, such as Chinese autonomous driving company WeRide listing on the Nasdaq and CR Beverage in Hong Kong last .
