Global Shares Up, China Trading Closed for National Holiday

A currency trader walks by the screens showing the foreign exchange rates at a foreign exchange dealing room in Seoul, South Korea, on June 3, 2022. Lee Jin-man/AP Photo

TOKYO—Global shares rose Friday amid mixed signs for investors such as rising energy prices and COVID-19 restrictions easing in China.

European shares edged up in early trading, with France’s CAC 40 gaining 0.3 percent to 6,517.73. Germany’s DAX added 0.3 percent to 14,528.45, while trading was closed in Britain for a national holiday.