BANGKOK—World shares were mixed Wednesday as traders awaited the outcome of the last Federal Reserve meeting of this year. Benchmarks rose in Paris, Tokyo, and Frankfurt but fell in Hong Kong and Shanghai after the U.S. Labor Department reported wholesale prices jumped a record 9.6 percent in November from a year earlier. Fed policymakers end a two-day meeting Wednesday where they’re expected to speed up the withdrawal of economic stimulus measures to help tamp down inflation. China reported its retail sales slowed in November as the country sought to extinguish coronavirus outbreaks. The virus remains a global concern, with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen saying omicron will likely be the dominant coronavirus variant in the 27-nation bloc by mid-January. Germany’s DAX rose 0.4 percent to 15,520.92 and the CAC 40 in Paris climbed 0.7 percent to 6,941.03. Britain’s FTSE 100 shed 0.2 percent to 7,204.90. The futures for …