Global shares up after Fed says economic aid will wind down

Global shares rose Thursday, boosted by the U.S. Federal Reserve's announcement that it will begin winding down the extraordinary aid for the economy it has been providing since the early days of the pandemic. France's CAC 40 added 0.5% in early trading to 6,984.21, while Germany's DAX rose 0.5% to 16,035.43. Britain's FTSE 100 edged up 0.3% to 7,270.02. U.S. shares were set to drift higher, with Dow futures inching up nearly 0.1% to 36,054.00. S&P 500 futures were also higher at 4,661.25, up 0.2%. Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225 gained 0.9% to finish at 29,794.37. South Korea's Kospi added 0.3% to 2,983.22. Australia's S&P/ASX 200 edged up 0.5% to 7,428.00. Hong Kong's Hang Seng added 0.8% to 25,225.19, while the Shanghai Composite rose 0.8% to 3,526.87. Analysts said the signs from the Fed continued to be dovish, as well as hawkish, reassuring global markets that interest rates weren't going to be raised for some time. We got a dowkish' Fed move, was the way RaboResearch ...

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