US futures slip and world shares are mixed as Japan keeps its key interest rate unchanged
European shares were mixed after Asian markets advanced Friday as calm was restored after a tumultuous week. U. S. futures turned lower, with the contracts for the S&P 500 and the Dow industrials down 0. 1%. Germany's DAX was little changed at 24,852. 07, while the CAC 40 in Paris lost 0. 2% to 8,129. 68. Britain's FTSE 100 edged 0. 1% higher. In Asian trading, Tokyo's Nikkei 225 picked up 0. 3% to 53,846. 87 after the Bank of Japan kept its key interest rate unchanged, as expected. The bank 0...
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