France’s CAC 40, Germany’s Dax and the FTSE 100 in London all opened higher on Tuesday morning after US stocks closed broadly higher with gains in Big Tech companies offsetting a skid in oil and gas stocks. Shares in Asia were also mostly higher with Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 adding 0.8% to finish at 38,903.68. Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 gained 0.3% to 8,249.20. South Korea’s Kospi added 0.2% to 2,617.80. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng edged up 0.2% to 20,648.51, while the Shanghai Composite slipped 1.1% to 3,286.41. In Japan, the government reported that unemployment stood at 2.4% last month, marking …