Global stocks mixed after Wall Street advances to record

BEIJING (AP) — Global stocks were mixed Monday after Wall Street turned in its fifth straight weekly gain and China’s manufacturing growth held steady.

Frankfurt and Tokyo advanced while London opened lower and Hong Kong declined.

U.S. stocks benefited from Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell’s announcement of a strategy change that could keep interest rates low. The change, dubbed “average inflation targeting,” could hold down rates even if inflation hits the Fed’s 2% target.

In early trading, the FTSE 100 in London lost 0.6% to 5,963.57 while Frankfurt's DAX gained 0.7% to 13,122.16. The CAC 40 in France added 0.9% to 5,050.16.

On Wall Street, futures for the benchmark S&P 500 Index and the Dow Jones Industrial Average were up 0.3%.

On Friday, S&P 500 gained 0.7% while the Dow rallied 0.6%. The S&P gained 3.3% for the week.

Asian markets opened higher but all except Japan retreated, ending the day down.

Japanese markets were lifted by gains for five major trading companies after investor Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway announced it bought stakes of just over 5% in those companies.

Gains in Japanese factory output also helped lift sentiment.

The Shanghai Composite Index rose 0.8% after a survey showed manufacturing growth in August held steady at the previous month's rate. It fell back later, ending the day down 0.2% at 3,395.68.

The Nikkei 225 in Tokyo advanced 1.1% to 23,139.76, rebounding from Friday's heavy selling after Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s announcement that he was resigning.

The Hang Seng in Hong Kong slipped 0.7% to 25,254.00 while the Kospi in Seoul retreated 1.2% to 2,326.17. Sydney's S&P-ASX 200 lost 0.2% to 6,060.60.

India's Sensex lost 1.8% to 38,740.24. New Zealand and Southeast Asia markets retreated.

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