World Shares Mixed Ahead of Fed Policy Statement

World Shares Mixed Ahead of Fed Policy Statement
People wearing face masks stand in front of a bank's electronic board showing the Hong Kong share index in Hong Kong, on Dec. 15, 2021. Kin Cheung/AP Photo
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BANGKOK—World shares were mixed Wednesday as traders awaited the outcome of the last Federal Reserve meeting of this year.

Benchmarks rose in Paris, Tokyo, and Frankfurt but fell in Hong Kong and Shanghai after the U.S. Labor Department reported wholesale prices jumped a record 9.6 percent in November from a year earlier.