People walk by an electronic stock board of a securities firm in Tokyo, Monday, June 11, 2012 as Japan's Nikkei 225 index jumped 165.64 points and closed at 8,624.90. Asian stocks and the euro climbed Monday after Spain sought a lifeline for its ailing banks, easing fears that Europe's debt crisis was about to spin out of control. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)
People walk by an electronic stock board of a securities firm in Tokyo, Monday, June 11, 2012 as Japan's Nikkei 225 index jumped 165.64 points and closed at 8,624.90. Asian stocks and the euro climbed Monday after Spain sought a lifeline for its ailing banks, easing fears that Europe's debt crisis was about to spin out of control. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)
People walk by an electronic stock board of a securities firm in Tokyo, Monday, June 11, 2012 as Japan's Nikkei 225 index jumped 165.64 points and closed at 8,624.90. Asian stocks and the euro climbed Monday after Spain sought a lifeline for its ailing banks, easing fears that Europe's debt crisis was about to spin out of control. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)
A currency trader smiles in front of the screen showing the Korea Composite Stock Price Index, left, and the exchange rate between the U.S. dollar and South Korean won at the foreign exchange dealing room of the Korea Exchange Bank headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, June 11, 2012. South Korea's Kospi rose 1.71 percent, or 31.40 points, to close at 1,867.04. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
A currency trader works at the foreign exchange dealing room of the Korea Exchange Bank headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, June 11, 2012. South Korea's Kospi rose 1.71 percent, or 31.40 points, to close at 1,867.04. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
A currency trader works in front of a screen showing the Korea Composite Stock Price Index at the foreign exchange dealing room of the Korea Exchange Bank headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, June 11, 2012. South Korea's Kospi rose 1.71 percent, or 31.40 points, to close at 1,867.04. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
BANGKOK (AP) ? World stock markets rose sharply Monday and the euro got a boost after Spain sought a lifeline for its ailing banks, easing fears that Europe's debt crisis was about to spin out of control.
Spain on Saturday asked finance ministers from the 17 countries that use the euro to rescue its banks, which have been crushed by bad real estate loans. They responded by offering up to ?100 billion ($125 billion) in credit that the Spanish government could funnel to banks.
Spain has not said how much of the money it will tap, but the development was enough to push European stock markets higher in early trading. Britain's FTSE 100 rose 1.3 percent to 5,505.53. Germany's DAX gained 2 percent to 6,255.83 and France's CAC-40 added 1.9 percent to 3,109.07.
Wall Street also headed for a higher open, with Dow Jones industrial futures rising 0.9 percent to 12,613 and S&P 500 futures 0.9 percent higher at 1,334.30.
Asian stocks gained ground earlier in the day following better-than-expected data on the weekend that showed China's exports jumped in May from a year earlier.
Japan's Nikkei 225 index climbed 2 percent to close at 8,624.90. South Korea's Kospi added 1.7 percent to 1,867.04 and Hong Kong's Hang Seng added 2.4 percent to 18,953.63. Benchmarks in Singapore, Taiwan, mainland China, Indonesia and New Zealand also rose.
In currency trading, the euro rose to $1.2607 from $1.2507 late Friday in New York. It rose to 100.29 yen from 99.50 yen.
The next key date for the euro currency union is Sunday, when Greek voters head to the polls in an election likely to determine whether the debt-mired country will stick with the common currency.
"Market sentiment has improved on the back of the announcement of Spanish bank aid and a less worrying set of numbers out of China over the weekend," analysts at Credit Agricole CIB in Hong Kong said in a market commentary.
But the newfound sense of optimism in markets is likely to fade as the Greek election nears, they said.
The rescue plan aims to calm investors by taking bank losses out of the equation. But Tom Kaan of Louis Capital Markets in Hong Kong said he believes the rally will soon fade because Spain's bank bailout doesn't address other critical issues.
Take Italy, for example: government debt in the third-largest euro economy continues to pile up as its economic growth stagnates. Some fear it is only a matter of time before Italy becomes the next country to ask for rescue money.
"I think it's only a brief respite for the markets," Kaan said. "The 100 billion bailout is hopefully setting up a firewall against a much worse deterioration. Here we are, saving the banks. But what is next?"
Spain is the fourth euro nation to seek a rescue, after Greece, Portugal and Ireland. A financial crisis has gripped Spain since 2008, when a real estate bust caused big losses for many banks.
Among individual stocks, Japanese electronics maker Sharp Corp. soared 8.2 percent after the company announced it will cooperate with Taiwan's Hon Hai Precision Industry Co. in the smartphone business in China, news reports said. Hon Hai rose 2.6 percent.
Recovering crude prices helped oil-related stocks. South Korean oil refiner S-Oil Corp. rose 4.1 percent. Hong Kong-listed China National Offshore Oil Corp., known as CNOOC, rose 3.7 percent.
The positive Chinese trade data helped its shipping sector post solid gains.
Hong Kong-listed China COSCO Holdings Co. Ltd. shot up 11.3 percent and China Shipping Container Lines Co. jumped 10.9 percent.
Benchmark oil for July delivery was up $1.23 to $85.33 per barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. The contract fell 72 cents to end at $84.10 per barrel on the Nymex on Friday.
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