TOKYO—Global shares were mixed Thursday after stock indexes shuffled lower on Wall Street. France’s CAC 40 edged up nearly 0.2 percent in early trading to 7,167.47. Germany’s DAX gained 0.2 percent to 16,275.17. Britain’s FTSE 100 fell 0.2 percent to 7,277.41. The future for the Dow industrials was trading 0.2 percent higher, while the future for the S&P 500 added 0.3 percent. Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 dipped 0.3 percent to finish at 29,598.66, although it got a brief lift from a report by the major business daily Nikkei that Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will propose Friday a government stimulus package totaling a record 55.7 trillion yen ($488 billion). The rally quickly ran out of steam as more sobering concerns, such as the coronavirus pandemic, weighed in. Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 edged up 0.1 percent to 7,379.20, while South Korea’s Kospi slipped 0.5 percent to 2,947.38. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng dropped 1.3 …