BANGKOK—Shares were mostly lower in Europe and Asia on Friday ahead of the release of key U.S. consumer inflation data, while U.S. futures were little changed.
The latest report on the U.S. consumer price index was due later in the day. Economists expect it to show inflation slowed a touch to 8.2 percent in May from 8.3 percent a month earlier.
Investors are hoping for signs inflation may have already peaked.
Germany’s DAX lost 1.6 percent to 13,971.00 while the CAC 40 in Paris gave up 1.5 percent to 6,264.25. Britain’s FTSE 100 slipped 1.2 percent to 7,390.48. The future for the S&P 500 was down less than 0.1 percent and that for the Dow industrials edged 0.1 percent lower….