World Shares Mixed, Yen Falls After BOJ Keeps Policy Intact

A currency trader watches monitors at the foreign exchange dealing room of the KEB Hana Bank headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, on Jan. 18, 2023. Ahn Young-joon/AP Photo

BANGKOK—World shares were mixed Wednesday, with Tokyo gaining more than 2 percent after Japan’s central bank kept its lax monetary policy unchanged, dispelling speculation it would yield to pressure to tighten credit to counter rising inflation.

Germany’s DAX lost 0.1 percent to 15,170.03 and the CAC 40 in Paris was down less than 2 points, at 7,075.91. Britain’s FTSE 100 also was nearly unchanged, at 7,850.12.