World Shares Mixed as Markets Await Word From Fed Meeting

A man wearing a protective mask walks in front of an electronic stock board showing Japan's Nikkei 225 index at a securities firm in Tokyo, Japan, on Dec. 14, 2021. Eugene Hoshiko/AP Photo

BANGKOK—Shares opened higher in Europe on Tuesday after Asian shares followed Wall Street lower as investors awaited fresh U.S. inflation data and the outcome of a meeting of the Federal Reserve.

Benchmarks advanced in Paris, London, and Frankfurt, but fell in Hong Kong, Shanghai, and Tokyo.