Global shares are mixed as investors await central bank rate decisions

HONG KONG (AP) — World stocks were mixed Tuesday ahead of major corporate earnings reports and central-bank decisions.In early European trading, Germany’s DAX slipped 0.1% to 25,373.71, while the CAC 40 in Paris dropped 0.3% to 7,824.83. Britain’s FTSE 100 fell 1% to 10,664.58.The future for the S&P 500 lost 0.1%, while that for the Dow Jones Industrial Average was little changed.Asian shares mostly gained as benchmarks in Tokyo and Seoul were lifted by buying of AI-related stocks.South Korea’s Kospi briefly gained more than 4% and closed 3.1% higher, at 5,638.34. Computer chipmaker SK Hynix rallied 5.2% and Samsung Electronics gained 4.2%.SK Hynix is set to release its third-quarter earnings Wednesday, a day before rival Samsung Electronics reports its results. Samsung has estimated its operating profit for the last quarter will be up nearly eight-fold from a year earlier.Strong global demand for semiconductors is driving strong growth, and the South Korean economy expanded at a bette