Global stock markets were mostly higher Wednesday after U.S. indexes took small losses as Washington and North Korea indicated willingness to reduce nuclear tensions.
KEEPING SCORE: In early trading, France’s CAC 40 rose 1.1 percent to 5,194.39 points and Germany’s DAX advanced 0.9 percent to 12,282.36. The FTSE 100 in London gained 0.7 percent to 7,438.16. On Tuesday, the CAC 40 and the FTSE 100 each gained 0.4 percent while the DAX added 0.1 percent. On Wall Street, the future for the Dow Jones industrial average rose 0.3 percent and that for the broader Standard & Poor’s 500 Index was up 0.2 percent.
