Stock markets wavered on Thursday after President Donald Trump signed a spending bill to end a record-long US government shutdown.

Paris rose and Frankfurt fell in European midday deals.

London dropped after data showed the UK economy slowed in the third quarter, dealing another blow to the Labour government ahead of its annual budget this month.

Shares in luxury fashion label Burberry jumped around five percent on London’s top-tier FTSE 100 index after the British group narrowed first half losses thanks to sizeable cost-cutting.

In Asia, Tokyo, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Seoul, Singapore, Mumbai, Manila, Bangkok and Jakarta all rose. Sydney, Wellington and Taipei fell.

“The ending of the US government shutdown has sparked risk-on sentiment with US futures pointing to a higher open,” said V

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