Stocks Mixed; ‘Indestructible’ Gold Passes $2,100

Men walk past an electric board displaying Nikkei and other countries' indexes outside a brokerage in Tokyo, Japan, on Jan. 16, 2023. Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters

LONDON/SYDNEY—Global shares were mixed on Monday, while gold spiked to all-time peaks above $2,100 at the start of a busy week for economic data that will test market wagers on rate cuts from major central banks next year.

MSCI’s broadest index of world shares rose 0.1 percent after hitting a fourth month high in earlier trading. However, Europe’s STOXX 600 benchmark fell 0.1 percent.