Global Shares Mixed as Ukraine Tensions Persist

A currency trader passes by screens showing the Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) and the foreign exchange rate between U.S. dollars and South Korean won (C) at the foreign exchange dealing room of the KEB Hana Bank headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, on Feb. 18, 2022. Ahn Young-joon/AP Photo

BANGKOK—World shares were mixed on Friday as investors watched developments in the Ukraine after the U.S. warned of a high risk of a Russian invasion.

Benchmarks rose in London, Paris, and Shanghai but fell in Hong Kong and Tokyo. Oil prices fell and U.S. futures were higher.