BANGKOK -- BANGKOK (AP) — Shares in Europe and Asia were mostly higher Tuesday, with Japan’s benchmark creeping closer to the symbolically important 50,000 level as conservative lawmaker Sanae Takaichi became the country’s first female prime minister. Germany's DAX edged 0.1% lower to 24,228.07, while the CAC 40 in Paris was up 0.1% at 8,214.58. Britain's FTSE 100 rose 0.2% to 9,422.48. The futures for the S & P 500 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average were down 0.1%. The Nikkei 225 in Tokyo gave up earlier, bigger gains after Takaichi prevailed in a vote in Japan's parliament, rising just 0.3% to 49,316.06. She is expected to support market-friendly policies such as low interest rates and more government spending. The U.S. dollar rose to 151.78 Japanese yen from 150.75 yen. If Takaichi ge

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