World shares were mixed in cautious trading Monday after Wall Street dipped once again to the edge of a bear market.
Benchmarks rose in Frankfurt, London, and Tokyo and fell in Paris and Hong Kong. U.S. futures and oil prices rose.
Investors were awaiting minutes from the latest policy setting meeting of the Federal Reserve and updates on consumer prices, due later this week.
On Friday the S&P 500 dipped more than 20 percent below its peak set early this year before buying late in the day gave it a tiny gain. It finished 18.7 percent below its record. That capped a seventh straight losing week, the longest since 2001, when the dot-com bubble was deflating….