Global Shares Mixed Amid Rate Hike, COVID-19, Oil Price Worries

Currency traders watch monitors at the foreign exchange dealing room of the KEB Hana Bank headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, on June 2, 2022. Ahn Young-joon/AP Photo

TOKYO—World shares were mixed Thursday, with European benchmarks opening higher after a broad decline in Asia.

Oil prices fell by more than $2 a barrel ahead of a meeting of OPEC set for later in the day. Oil-producing nations are expected to decide on output targets in their first meeting since Europe set sanctions on Russian crude.