Premarket: World shares are mixed as investors take a breather following recent wild ride

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World shares were mixed on Thursday and the U.S. dollar weakened as investors caught their breath following recent bouts of volatility. Traders were turning to U.S. updates on durable goods orders, jobs and consumer spending and what say about how President Donald Trump’s higher tariffs are affecting the economy, analysts said. Germany’s DAX surged 0.7% to 23,661.67. In Paris, the CAC 40 edged 0.1% higher to 7,565.46. Britain’s FTSE 100 also gained 0.1% to 8,729.71. The future for the S&P 500 was up 0.3% while that for the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.2%. On Wednesday, the S&P 500 barely...