Global stocks were mixed Wednesday after Wall Street declined and China said it will give foreign investors more access to Chinese equities through Hong Kong.
KEEPING SCORE: In early trading, France’s CAC-40 added 1.5 percent to 4,410.55 points while Germany’s DAX shed 0.8 percent to 10,591.17. London’s FTSE 100 declined 0.2 percent to 6,878.66. On Tuesday, the CAC-40 shed 0.8 percent, the FTSE 100 lost 0.7 percent and the DAX fell 0.6 percent. Wall Street looked set for a mixed opening, with the future for the Dow Jones industrial average up 0.1 percent and that for the Standard & Poor’s 500 index off 0.1 percent.
