World stock markets traded fitfully Tuesday, with investors' sentiment mixed ahead of a crucial U.S. Federal Reserve meeting that could signal when the Fed will start reducing its monetary stimulus, AP reported. Most Asian indexes were up while European benchmarks and U.S. futures were down. Britain's FTSE 100 fell 0.5 percent at 6,487.73. Germany's DAX slid 0.4 percent while France's CAC-40 was down 0.8 percent at 4,088.17. On Wall Street, Dow Jones industrial futures were down 0.1 percent at 15,860. S&P 500 futures were up 0.2 percent at 1,787. Japan's Nikkei 225 closed 1 percent up at 15,278.63. Hong Kong's Hang Seng slid 0.2 percent at 23,069.23. China's Shanghai's Composite fell 0.5 percent at 2,151.08. Australia's S&P/ASX 200 inched up 0.3 percent at 5,103.20 while New Zealand's NZSE 50 slid 0.2 percent at 4,728.02. Markets were up in Southeast Asia, led by the Philippines. The Philippine Stock Exchange index climbed 2 percent to 5,928.99. The euro rose to $1.3771 from $1.3762 late Monday in New York. The dollar fell to 102.92 yen from 103.06 yen.
