A man wearing a face mask is reflected on an electronic foreign currency exchange rates in downtown Seoul, South Korea, on Oct. 7, 2022. Lee Jin-man/AP Photo
BEIJING—Global stock markets were mixed Friday ahead of U.S. employment data investors hope will show the economy is weakening and persuade the Federal Reserve to ease off plans for more interest rate hikes.
London and Frankfurt opened higher. Tokyo and Hong Kong declined. Oil prices rose.
