Stock market today: World shares are mixed as 2024 trading winds down

BANGKOK (AP) — European and Asian shares were mixed Friday in thin year-end trading, with European markets moving in narrow ranges as they reopened after Christmas holidays.

Germany’s DAX edged 0.1% higher to 19,863.29, while the CAC 40 in Paris was up 0.4% at 7,308.99. Britain’s FTSE 100 inched 0.1% lower, to 8,147.00.

The future for the S&P 500 shed 0.4%, while that for the Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 0.3%.

In Asian trading, Japan’s benchmark surged as the yen...