Stocks Shuffle Sideways, China Drips in More Support

Stocks Shuffle Sideways, China Drips in More Support
A woman uses a mobile phone in front of an electric board displaying the Nikkei stock average outside a brokerage in Tokyo, Japan, on June 14, 2023. Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters
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LONDON—World share markets shuffled sideways on Thursday as investors looked ahead to a clutch of key central bank meetings next week and disappointing earnings from Netflix and Tesla pushed Wall Street futures lower.

There had been pockets of gains in Asia and in commodities markets overnight after China pledged some additional support for its economy although another slide in its tech stocks showed it was far from stellar.