Stocks Creep Higher as Inflation Data Offers Hope Ahead of Fed

Stocks Creep Higher as Inflation Data Offers Hope Ahead of Fed
A Thai investor walks past an electronic board displaying live market data at a stock broker's office in central Bangkok on Aug. 9, 2011. Chaiwat Subprasom/Reuters
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SINGAPORE/LONDON—European and Asian shares rose on Wednesday thanks to positive news about inflation and China’s strict anti-COVID measures, while the dollar backpedaled as investors await minutes from the Federal Reserve’s most recent meeting.

The pan-European STOXX 600 was up 0.9 percent by 0835 GMT as a lower inflation reading from France boosted sentiment, adding to encouraging data from Germany earlier in the week.