World Shares Mixed After Tech-Led Retreat on Wall Street

Currency traders talk to each other at the foreign exchange dealing room of the KEB Hana Bank headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, on Dec. 17, 2021. Ahn Young-joon/AP Photo

BANGKOK—World shares fell on Friday after technology companies led Wall Street benchmarks lower as investors weighed the implications of higher interest rates, surging coronavirus cases, and tensions between Beijing and Washington.

Benchmarks declined in Paris, London, Frankfurt, and Tokyo but rose in Shanghai.