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World stock markets rise as S&P 500 eyes record close

by AP Business Writer
| August 18, 2020 5:03 AM

Global stock markets rose on Tuesday and Wall Street looked set to edge up on the open, with the S&P 500 not far from a record closing high it set in February before the pandemic crunched the global economy.

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