AlHijjah 24, 1434, Oct 29, 2013, SPA -- Global stock markets were muted Tuesday as investors waited for a U.S. Federal Reserve policy meeting this week for clues about when the central bank will begin reducing its monetary stimulus, AP reported. In early European trading, Britain's FTSE 100 was 0.5 percent higher at 6,756.24. Germany's DAX was up 0.2 percent at 8,996.28 and France's CAC-40 added 0.1 percent to 4,257.61. Futures in New York pointed to a flat open on Wall Street, with Dow Jones and S&P 500 futures little changed. Japan's Nikkei 225 closed 0.5 percent down at 14,325.98 while Hong Kong's Hang Seng see-sawed between gains and losses, finishing up 0.2 percent at 22,846.54. Benchmarks in New Zealand, Malaysia and Indonesia closed slightly lower, while indexes in South Korea and Taiwan both rose 0.2 percent. China's Shanghai Composite finished 0.2 percent lower at 2,128.86. In energy markets, benchmark crude for December delivery was down 36 cents at $98.32 in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. The contract gained 83 cents to $98.68 on Monday. The euro fell to $1.3766 from $1.3786 late Monday. The dollar fell to 97.56 yen from 97.66 yen.
