World Stocks Are Mixed in Muted Holiday Trading as 2023 Draws to Close

A person stands in front of an electronic stock board showing Japan's Nikkei 225 index at a securities firm in Tokyo on Dec. 27, 2023. Eugene Hoshiko/AP Photo

BANGKOK—European shares opened higher on Friday after a mixed session in Asia on the last trading day of the year for most markets.

Germany’s DAX rose 0.3 percent to 16,745.67 and the CAC 40 in Paris climbed 0.4 percent to 7,566.11. Britain’s FTSE 100 edged 0.2 percent higher to 7,736.52.