Global Shares Mostly Fall After Retreat on Wall Street

A man looks at an electronic stock board of a securities firm in Tokyo, Japan, on Jan. 19, 2022. Koji Sasahara/AP Photo

TOKYO—Global shares mostly fell in cautious trading on Wednesday, with Tokyo’s Nikkei 225 down nearly 3 percent, after stocks on Wall Street sank to a new low for the year.

France’s CAC 40 added 0.1 percent to 7,138.95, while Germany’s DAX shed 0.3 percent to 15,720.91. Britain’s FTSE 100 sank 0.1 percent to 7,556.70. The futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the S&P 500 were 0.1 percent lower.