BANGKOK (AP) — World shares were mixed on Tuesday after Wall Street held near its records, with traders awaiting fresh cues about interest rates from the U.S. Federal Reserve.

Germany's DAX gained 0.2% to 24,896.79. In Paris, the CAC 40 advanced 0.5% to 7,924.30. Britain's FTSE edged 0.2% higher to 9,173.55.

The future for the S&P 500 was 0.1% lower while that for the Dow Jones Industrial Average was barely changed.

In Asian trading, Tokyo's Nikkei 225 index lost 0.2% to 43,546.29 as market heavyweight SoftBank Group Corp. fell 4% after it announced it was taking a $2 billion stake in U.S. computer chip maker Intel.

Intel gained 5.4% in pre-market trading early Tuesday.

In Hong Kong, the Hang Seng shed 0.2% to 25,122.90, while the Shanghai Composite index edged less than 0.1% lower, t

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