World shares were mixed Thursday, AP reported. The FTSE 100 in London added 0.4% to 7,199.32. Germany's DAX was nearly flat at 12,674.50, while in Paris, the CAC 40 edged 0.1% lower. Wall Street futures were slightly higher, with the contract for the S&P 500 up 0.1% at 2,993.90. That for the Dow Jones Industrial Average was nearly flat, at 26,944.00. The Hang Seng index added 0.7% to 26,848.49, but elsewhere sentiment was tepid. Tokyo's Nikkei 225 index lost 0.1% to 22,451.86 while the Shanghai Composite index slipped 0.1% to 2,977.33. Australia's S&P ASX 200 lost 0.8% to 6,684.70 and the Kospi in Seoul gave up 0.2% to 2,077.94. India's Sensex jumped 0.9% to 38,968.58. Brent crude oil, the international standard, lost 32 cents to $59.10 a barrel. The dollar rose to 108.84 Japanese yen from 108.76 yen on Wednesday. The euro strengthened to $1.1088 from $1.1073.
