<span style="color: #222222;">Global stocks today rose amid value based buying after robust Chinese trade data, however, the China's Shanghai Composite index declined half a percent. On the Other hand, investors remained cautious awaiting U.S. data which is expected to show a pick-up in inflation.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"><br />'' South Korea's KOSPI climbed 1.1 percent and Japan's Nikkei-225 surged 0.7 percent. Singapore's Straits Times gained 0.4 percent  and Hong Kong's Hang Seng added 0.2 percent.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> <br />'' European stocks were mixed and trading in a narrow range in intra-day trade. London's FTSE-100 fell marginally by 0.1 percent while France's CAC gained 0.3 percent and Germany's DAX added 0.2 percent. </span>