- Ronaldo scores 133rd Portugal goal in Nations League win over Poland
- 40 nations contributing to UN Lebanon peacekeeping force condemn 'attacks'
- Eight dead as heavy rain thrashes Brazil after long drought
- Jewish school in Canada hit by gunfire for second time
- Morocco crush Central African Republic, Guirassy scores hat-trick
- Dupont scores quickfire hat-trick on Toulouse Top 14 return
- Ronaldo scores in Portugal's Nations League win as Spain sink Denmark
- Interim boss Carsley has not applied for England job
- Mets hurler Senga ready to take on Dodgers in game one of NL Championship Series
- Ronaldo on target again as Portugal defeat Poland in Nations League
- Guardians rip Tigers 7-3 to advance in MLB playoffs
- AFP, BBC win top French war reporting awards
- Carsley goes back to basics as humbled England face Finland
- Alex Salmond: the man who took Scotland to the brink of independence
- Scotland's former leader Alex Salmond dies aged 69: party
- UN warns of catastrophe as Israel fights a two-front war
- Croatia extend Scotland's losing streak
- South Africa, New Zealand boost T20 World Cup semi-final hopes
- 'Very challenging': Israel faces Hezbollah in tricky terrain
- Farrell begins to feel at home as Racing 92 beat Toulon
- South Africa boost T20 World Cup semi-final hopes with Bangladesh win
- Samson ton powers India to T20 series sweep after record total
- Djokovic to face Sinner in Shanghai final with 100th title in sight
- UN peacekeepers to remain in Lebanon: spokesman
- Pro-Conquest film fuels debate in Mexico over colonial legacy
- Samson ton powers India to record 297-6 in Bangladesh T20
- New Zealand enjoy perfect start to America's Cup defence over Britain
- Pogacar emulates icon Coppi with fourth straight Il Lombardia triumph
- UN warns against 'catastrophic' regional conflict
- New Zealand crush Ineos Britannia in America's Cup opener
- Djokovic to face Sinner in blockbuster Shanghai Masters final
- With medical report Harris seeks to play health card against Trump
- Sri Lanka seeks to match success in W.Indies T20s
- Sinner reaches Shanghai final, will end year number one
- China-EU EV tariff talks in Brussels end with 'major differences': Beijing
- Sabalenka downs Gauff in three sets to reach Wuhan final
- Israel warns south Lebanon residents to 'not return'
- Sinner tames Machac to reach Shanghai Masters final
- Buried Nazi past haunts Athens on liberation anniversary
- Harris to release medical report confirming fitness for presidency: campaign
- Nobel prize a timely reminder, Hiroshima locals say
- Hezbollah fires at Israel as wars rage on Yom Kippur
- Analysts warn more detail needed on new China economic measures
- China tees up fresh spending to boost ailing economy
- China says will issue special bonds to boost ailing economy
- China offers $325 bn in fiscal stimulus for ailing economy
- Dodgers drop Padres 2-0 to advance in MLB playoffs
- Alexei Navalny wrote he knew he would die in prison in new memoir
- Last-minute legal ruling allows betting on US election
- Despite hurricanes, Floridians refuse to leave 'paradise'
Global stocks mixed as traders track eurozone data, await Fed
Global stocks were mixed Tuesday as Wall Street wavered ahead of fresh interest-rate signals from the US Federal Reserve, and new data showed that the eurozone dodged recession at the end of last year.
On Wall Street, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.4 percent, while the broad-based S&P 500 and the Nasdaq Composite both fell.
Earlier in the day, data showed that consumer confidence rose in January to its highest level for more than two years, while inflation expectations fell.
"I think that if inflation keeps falling and if the economic activity is still strong, this is an ideal economy for the Fed," Cresset Capital chief investment officer Jack Ablin told AFP.
"This gives the Fed a lot of elbow room."
Among individual stocks, package delivery company UPS saw its share price plunge 8.2 percent after announcing 12,000 job cuts.
And the share price of auto giant General Motors rose 7.8 percent after it beat profit targets and announced changes to its lineup to include plug-in hybrid electric vehicles.
Tech giants Microsoft and Google both saw their share price slip in after-hours trading after publishing their earnings results for the fourth quarter.
- Eurozone avoids recession -
Stocks in Europe closed higher after official figures showed that the eurozone economy avoided a technical recession in the second half of 2023.
While it stagnated in the final three months of the year, it was better than forecast by analysts who had expected a small contraction.
The French economy stagnated at the end of the year but Spain, Italy and Portugal posted growth over the same period.
"We are seeing markets react to a rather surprising raft of eurozone growth data that has seen stronger-than-expected Spanish, Italian, and eurozone GDP for the fourth quarter," said Joshua Mahony, chief market analyst at Scope Markets.
The single-currency area's economy has been buffeted by higher interest rates, a cost-of-living crisis hitting household spending and weakening global demand.
- Markets await Fed decision -
The US Fed is almost certain to keep its key lending rate on hold Wednesday for a fourth straight meeting, as it continues its fight to return inflation to its long-run goal of two percent.
"Investors expect the Fed to cut the rates from May and the dollar to lose value this year," said Ipek Ozkardeskaya, senior analyst at Swissquote bank.
"Yet the Fed's path to rate cuts may not be as swift as many believe, if inflation numbers start looking bad again."
In Asia, Hong Kong and Shanghai indices fell heavily as an order to liquidate indebted property developer Evergrande fanned fears about China's fragile economy.
Oil prices rose after Saudi Arabia ordered its energy giant Aramco to maintain its oil production capacity at 12 million barrels per day, abandoning a planned increase.
- Key figures around 2115 GMT -
New York - Dow: UP 0.4 percent at 38,467.31 points (close)
New York - S&P 500: DOWN 0.1 percent at 4,924.97 (close)
New York - Nasdaq Composite: DOWN 0.8 percent at 15,509.90 (close)
London - FTSE 100: UP 0.4 percent at 7,666.31 (close)
Paris - CAC 40: UP 0.5 percent at 7,677.47 (close)
Frankfurt - DAX: UP 0.2 percent at 16,972.34 (close)
EURO STOXX 50: UP 0.5 percent at 4,662.70 (close)
Tokyo - Nikkei 225: UP 0.1 percent at 36,065.86 (close)
Hong Kong - Hang Seng Index: DOWN 2.3 percent at 15,703.45 (close)
Shanghai - Composite: DOWN 1.8 percent at 2,830.53 (close)
Euro/dollar: UP at $1.0850 from $1.0838 on Monday
Euro/pound: UP at 85.41 pence from 85.24 pence
Pound/dollar: DOWN at $1.2699 from $1.2710
Dollar/yen: UP at 147.59 yen from 147.48 yen
West Texas Intermediate: UP 1.4 percent at $77.82 per barrel
Brent North Sea Crude: UP 0.4 percent at $82.87 per barrel
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F.Bennett--AMWN