BEIJING—World stock markets were mixed on Monday ahead of what is expected to be a Federal Reserve decision this week to raise interest rates again amid investor hopes the U.S. central bank will scale back plans for more increases.
Germany’s DAX gained 0.2 percent to 13,269.55 and Britain’s FTSE 100 was flat at 7,049.25. In Paris, the CAC 40 lost 0.2 percent to 6,262.91. The future for the S&P 500 shed 0.6 percent while that for the Dow industrials was 0.5 percent lower.