World Markets Shrug Off Tech-Led Selloff on Wall Street

A currency trader watches monitors at the foreign exchange dealing room of the KEB Hana Bank headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, on Feb. 4, 2022. Ahn Young-joon/AP Photo

BANGKOK—Shares in Europe and Asia were mostly higher Friday after a historic plunge in the stock price of Facebook’s parent company yanked other tech stocks lower on Wall Street.

Shares rose in Paris, London, and Tokyo. Hong Kong jumped 3.3 percent after reopening from Lunar New Year holidays. Trading in Shanghai will resume on Monday.