Stock markets diverged Wednesday following broad losses in the previous session, as attention turned to a key earnings update from AI giant Nvidia.

Chinese stocks slid following modest gains Tuesday on Wall Street as investors sought to look beyond President Donald Trump's move to oust a US Federal Reserve governor.

The Paris stock market rebounded slightly after Tuesday's tumble caused by fears that France's minority government could be toppled after Prime Minister Francois Bayrou proposed a confidence vote over his proposed budget cuts.

A slide for Shanghai's market came despite a surging share price for Cambricon -- a leading Chinese chipmaker and a Nvidia competitor -- on the heels of a record first-half profit posted Tuesday.

Nvidia will report second-quarter financial results on

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