Stock market today: Global markets gain as Chinese shares are lifted by pledge of help for markets

TOKYO (AP) — Global shares were mixed Tuesday, echoing trading on Wall Street, where gains for oil and gas producers helped offset drops for Nvidia and other Big Tech companies.

France’s CAC 40 rose nearly 1.0% in early trading to 7,478.96, while Germany’s DAX rose 0.6% to 20,263.87. Britain’s FTSE 100 was nearly flat at 8,227.05. The future for the S&P 500 rose 0.5% while that for the Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 0.3%.

In Asian trading, Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225...