Markets in Asia rose moderately with Shanghai closed for the holiday.

The Nikkei rose .3% to 9,832.

The Hang Seng was up 1.1% to 21,475. HSBC (NYSE:HBC) was up.

At the open in Europe, the FTSE rose 1.1% helped by good earnings from Alcoa (NYSE:AA). The Dax was up 1.6% to 5,726. The CAC 40 rose 1.3% to 3,813.

Data from Reuters and MarketWatch.

Douglas A McIntyre