Stock market today: World shares are mostly higher ahead of a US report on inflation

BEIJING (AP) — Shares were mostly higher in Europe and Asia on Tuesday ahead of a report on inflation in the U.S. that could sway the Federal Reserve’s timing on cutting interest rates. In early European trading, Germany’s DAX picked up 0.2% to 17,789.05 and the CAC 40 in Paris edged 0.1% higher to 8,025.97. Britain’s FTSE 100 rallied 0.8% to 7,728.21. The future for the S&P 500 gained 0.3% while that for the Dow Jones Industrial Average was nearly unchanged. In Asian trading, Japan’s Nikkei 225