World Shares Are Mostly Higher as Bank of Japan Keeps Its Lax Policy Intact

A currency trader watches monitors at the foreign exchange dealing room of the KEB Hana Bank headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, on Dec. 19, 2023. Ahn Young-joon/AP Photo

BANGKOK—World shares were mostly higher on Tuesday after a seven-week winning streak on Wall Street cooled.

Germany’s DAX gained 0.4 percent to 16,710.29 and in London, the FTSE 100 was up 0.3 percent at 7,634.05. In Paris, the CAC 40 slipped 2 points to 7,567.01.