Sina American stock news Beijing time 26 news, the Nikkei 225 index opened up 0.7% to 23451.40. South Korea's KOSPI index opened up 0.32% at 2123.50. U. S. stocks closed higher on Monday, with all three major indexes closing at record highs, while the Nasdaq and the S & P 500 hit intraday highs.

The Dow closed up 190.85 points, or 0.68%, at 28066.47; the S & P rose 23.35 points, or 0.75%, at 3133.64; and the Nasdaq rose 112.60 points, or 1.32%, at 8632.49. In intraday trading, the Nasdaq rose as high as 8633.15 and the S & P rose as high as 3133.83, both hitting new intraday highs.

European stocks also closed higher, with the Stoxx euro zone 50 index rising 0.6% to 3707.68 and the Stoxx Europe 600 index up 1% to 408.09. The FTSE 100th index in the UK rose 1 per cent, France's CAC 40 index rose 0.5 per cent and Germany's DAX index rose 0.6 per cent.