Wall Street's main indexes opened higher on Tuesday, as bank shares gained on growing bets of aggressive interest rate increases by the Federal Reserve and sportswear maker Nike rose after upbeat quarterly results.

The lobby group representing German businesses with interests in eastern Europe has defended the business activities of member companies in sanctioned Russia.

(Reuters) -The Dow and the S&P 500 were set to open higher on Tuesday, as bank shares gained on growing bets of aggressive interest rate increases by the Federal Reserve and sportswear maker Nike rose after upbeat quarterly results.

FRANKFURT (Reuters) -Activist investor Enkraft is demanding a shareholder vote to force RWE to prepare a spin-off of its brown coal unit at the utility's annual general meeting (AGM) next month, according to a filing made public on Tuesday.

Singapore Press Holdings (SPH) said on Tuesday its shareholders had approved acquisition by Cuscaden Peak, after it announced it was terminating rival bidder Keppel Corp's offer.

U.S. stock index futures edged higher on Tuesday, with bank stocks gaining on growing bets of aggressive interest rate increases by the Federal Reserve, while Nike climbed after upbeat third-quarter results.