MANILA, Philippines (AP) — World shares were mixed on Friday after Wall Street fell to a fifth straight loss , hurt by losses for Walmart and worries over coming cuts to interest rates.

Traders remain cautious, looking for cues about U.S. monetary policy from a meeting of central bankers in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, where Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell is due to speak on Friday

The future for the S&P 500 added less than 0.1%, while that for the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.1%.

In early European trading, Germany’s DAX added less than 0.1% to 24,295.57, while Britain’s FTSE 100 fell 0.1% to 9,302.00. In Paris, the CAC 40 added 0.1% to 7,946.47.

In Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 rose 0.1% to 42,633.29 after Japan’s core inflation rate slowed to 3.1% in July, from 3.3% in June.

ING Econom

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