Most global stock markets rose Thursday following a listless day on Wall Street ahead of U.S.-Chinese negotiations aimed at ending a tariff battle.
In early trading, Germany’s DAX index advanced 0.4 percent to 11,445.77 while London’s FTSE 100 was off 0.2 percent at 7,210.51. France’s CAC 40 added 0.4 percent to 5,203.12. All three indexes gained on Wednesday.
On Wall Street, the future for the Standard & Poor’s 500 index was up 0.1 percent. That for the Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 0.2 percent.
