TOKYO—Global shares declined Wednesday after stocks tumbled on Wall Street as worries persist about higher interest rates and their tightening squeeze on the global economy.
France’s CAC 40 slipped nearly 0.8 percent in early trading to 7,252.50. Germany’s DAX fell 0.7 percent to 15,290.37. Britain’s FTSE 100 dropped 0.9 percent to 7,902.44. The futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average and S&P 500 edged 0.1 percent higher.
In Asian trading, Tokyo’s benchmark Nikkei 225 dipped 1.3 percent to finish at 27,104.32. Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 slipped 0.3 percent to 7,314.50. South Korea’s Kospi dropped 1.7 percent to 2,417.68. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng slipped 0.5 percent to 20,423.84, while the Shanghai Composite shed 0.5 percent to 3,291.15….