World Shares Advance After Wall Street Ticks Higher Amid Rate-Cut Hopes

World Shares Advance After Wall Street Ticks Higher Amid Rate-Cut Hopes
A person walks in front of an electronic stock board showing Japan's Nikkei 225 index at a securities firm in Tokyo on Dec. 20, 2023. Eugene Hoshiko/AP Photo
The Associated Press
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World shares advanced on Wednesday after Wall Street ticked higher amid hopes that Japan’s moves to keep interest rates easy for investors could augur similar trends in the rest of the world.

The futures for the S&P 500 and the Dow industrials were both virtually unchanged.