BANGKOK—World shares were mixed Thursday after Wall Street benchmarks closed at three-month highs as investors cheered a report showing inflation cooled more than expected in July.
U.S. futures edged higher and oil prices also advanced.
The U.S. government said Wednesday that consumer inflation jumped 8.5 percent in July from a year earlier. But that was down from June’s four-decade high of 9.1 percent.
Germany’s DAX edged 0.2 percent lower, to 13,674.98, while in Paris the CAC 40 added 0.1 percent to 6,531.38. Britain’s FTSE 100 slipped 0.1 percent to 7,498.34. The futures for the S&P 500 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average were 0.2 percent higher….