World Shares Are Mostly Lower as Bank of Japan Meets, China Property Shares Fall

A currency trader gestures at the foreign exchange dealing room of the KEB Hana Bank headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, on Dec. 18, 2023. Ahn Young-joon/AP Photo

BANGKOK—World shares were mostly lower on Monday, while U.S. futures and oil prices edged higher.

Germany’s DAX slipped 0.3 percent to 16,699.58 and in Paris, the CAC40 fell 0.5 percent to 4,066.69. Britain’s FTSE 100 rose 0.2 percent to 7,592.11.