World shares are mixed as Tokyo's Nikkei 225 follows Wall Street to an all-time high

European shares opened lower after a mixed day of trading in Asia, where Japan’s Nikkei 225 index topped 68,000 for the first time on Wednesday. Oil prices rose more than $2 a barrel. Buying of technology shares linked to the boom in artificial intelligence has been driving rallies worldwide.But in early trading, Germany’s DAX lost 0.8% to 24,930.74 and the CAC 40 in Paris fell 0.4% to 8,173.51. Britain’s FTSE 100 shed 0.3% to 10,340.00. The future for the S&P 500 was down 0.1% while that for the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.2%. During Asia’s day, Japan’s Nikkei 225 gained 2.5% to 68,402.13. Shares in computer chip equipment maker Tokyo Electron gained 13.4%, while those for chip testing equipment maker Advantest gained 5.1%. In Hong Kong, the Hang Seng lost 1.6% to 25,633.21, while the Shanghai Composite index added 0.2% to 4,083.97.

Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 advanced 0.7% to 8,785.70.Taiwan’s Taiex gained 2%, while in India, the Sensex lost 0.9%. Markets in South Korea were closed for a holiday. On Tuesday, winners of the artificial-intelligence boom kept driving higher, pushing U.S. stocks to more records.

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