World shares mostly rise and US futures are flat after modest Wall Street moves
HONG KONG (AP) — World shares mostly gained on Friday ahead of the U. S. Labor Department's release of its latest jobs update. Britain’s FTSE 100 gained 0. 4% to 10,085. 47 in early trading, while the CAC 40 in Paris rose 0. 5% to 8,287. 19. Germany’s DAX edged less than 0. 1% higher, to 25,132. 43. The futures for the S&P 500 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average were little changed. In Asian trading, Tokyo’s Nikkei 225 gained 1. 6% to 51,939. 89. Shares of Fast Retailing, the fashion...
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