ASX 200 up 0.2 per cent in first 30 minutes of trading after suffering more than $35b wipeout on Monday
Australian stocks were up 0.2 per cent in the first 30 minutes of trading on Tuesday, with Insignia Financial leading the surge off the back of a 13.5 per cent jump.
The superannuation and financial advisor's rise comes after it received a $3.2b takeover bid from US private equity firm CC Capital.
Genesis Minerals is up 5.4 per cent while mining technology company Imdex has jumped 5.2 per cent and West African Resources has risen five per cent.
It follows the index diving on Monday, with the bourse sinking about 1.1 per cent and investors losing more than $35b.
The major indexes in Wall Street were generally in positive territory with the Nasdaq rising 0.4 per cent, the S&P 500 adding 0.1 per cent and the Dow Jones finishing flat on Monday.
London's FTSE 250 rose 0.5 per cent, Germany's DAX jumped 0.1 per cent and the STOXX Europe 600 shed 0.1 per cent.
New Zealand's NZX 50 Index is down about 0.4 per cent on Tuesday after the ANZ-Roy Morgan Consumer Confidence index showed households were less optimistic about the state of the economy.
Meanwhile, Japan's Nikkei 225 is up 1.1 per cent and South Korea's KOSPI 200 is flat since trading began on Tuesday.
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