Global markets mixed as 2018 trading opens

BEIJING (AP) — Asian markets were mostly higher while European shares declined at the opening Tuesday as 2018 trading began and investors looked ahead to whether the record-setting U.S. equity run will last.

KEEPING SCORE: In early trading, Germany's DAX fell 0.7 percent to 12,820.81 and France's CAC 40 shed 0.4 percent to 5,292.70. London's FTSE 100 retreated 0.3 percent to 7,661.83. On Friday, the FTSE 100 climbed 0.9 percent to a record while the DAX and CAC 40 each lost 0.5 percent. On Wall Street, futures for the Dow Jones industrial average and Standard & Poor's 500 index both gained 0.1 percent.

ASIA'S DAY: The Shanghai Composite Index rose 1.2 percent to 3,348.33 and Hong Kong's Hang Seng gained 2 percent to 30,515.31.