Premarket: World shares advance, despite Wall Street's tumble, as China pledges to boost consumer spending

Shares in Europe and Asia advanced Friday, shrugging off another decline on Wall Street, with markets in China gaining after state-run banks and other financial institutions were ordered to do more to help spur more consumer spending. Germany's DAX rose 0.4% to 22,667.45, while the CAC 40 in Paris climbed 0.7% to 7,996.78. Britain's FTSE 100 was up 0.4% at 8,577.97. U.S. stocks looked primed for gains, with the future for the S&P 500 up 0.7% while that for the Dow Jones Industrial Average was 0.5% higher. In Asian trading, Hong Kong's benchmark jumped 2.1% to 23,959.98, while the Shanghai…