World Shares Advance on Mixed Economic Data

World Shares Advance on Mixed Economic Data
A man walks near an advertisement showing bank's interest rates in downtown Seoul, South Korea on Sept. 17, 2021. Lee Jin-man/AP Photo
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World shares were mostly higher on Friday as investors assessed a hodge-podge of economic data.

Benchmarks rose in Frankfurt, Paris, Tokyo and Hong Kong but fell in Sydney. U.S. futures edged higher, while the yield on the 10-year Treasury note was steady at 1.33 percent.