Global stock markets were mixed Tuesday as investors looked ahead to minutes from the U.S. Federal Reserve’s latest meeting and Wall Street prepared to reopen after a three-day weekend.
KEEPING SCORE: In early trading, Germany’s DAX advanced 0.2 percent to 11,850.27 while London’s FTSE 100 retreated 0.4 percent to 7,270.38. France’s CAC 40 was unchanged at 4,862.55. On Monday, the DAX gained 0.5 percent while the FTSE 100 lost 0.2 percent and the CAC 40 shed 0.1 percent. On Wall Street, the future for the Dow Jones industrial average was up 0.2 percent while that for the Standard & Poor’s 500 advanced 0.1 percent.
