TOKYO (AP) — World shares were mixed Friday ahead of an update on the U.S. job market that will offer insights into how the economy is faring.

The future for the S&P 500 gained 0.4% while that for the Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 0.5%.

Germany's DAX lost 0.3% to 24,258.74, while the CAC 40 in Paris edged 0.1% lower, to 7,785.19. Britain's FTSE 100 edged 0.2% higher to 8,825.82.

In Asian trading, Tokyo's Nikkei 225 index rose 0.5% to 37,741.61, while the Kospi in South Korea jumped 1.5% to 2,812.05.

Hong Kong's Hang Seng lost 0.2% to 23,859.52 and the Shanghai Composite index edged less than 0.1% higher, to 3,385.36.

Australia's S&P/ASX 200 shed 0.3% to 8,515.70.

India's Sensex gained 0.8% after the Reserve Bank cut its key interest rate by a half a percentage point to 5.50%.

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