BANGKOK (AP) — Shares were mostly lower in Europe following a retreat Friday in Asia after losses for influential technology stocks pulled Wall Street benchmarks lower.

U.S. futures edged higher and oil prices advanced.

Germany's DAX edged 0.1% lower and the CAC 40 in Paris was little changed at 7,965.31. Britain's FTSE 100 lost 0.4% to 9,696.82.

The future for the S&P 500 was up 0.3% and that for the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.2%.

In Asian trading, Japan's Nikkei 225 index fell 1.2% to 50,276.37.

China reported that its exports contracted 1.1% in October, as shipments to the United States dropped by 25% from a year earlier. But economists expect Chinese exports to recover after U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping agreed last week to de-escalate the trad

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