US stocks clawed back some of their recent losses on Tuesday, rounding off a day of rebounds in global stock markets after a sharp sell-off during the previous two sessions. Wall Street’s benchmark S&P 500 closed 1 per cent higher, after losing 3 per cent on Monday. The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite also rose 1 per cent.
” The rally was echoed across other Asian markets, with South Korea’s Kospi up 3.3 per cent on Tuesday. Taiwan’s stock index, which had its worst sell-off in history on Monday, closed 3.4 per cent higher as chipmaker Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company climbed 8 per cent. Asian markets had reacted “excessively” to US economic risks and geopolitical tensions in the Middle East, said South Korean government officials.