Global stocks mixed after report of U.S.-China trade talks

BEIJING -- Global shares were mixed Wednesday following a report that U.S. and Chinese trade envoys will meet for talks next week. Benchmarks in Frankfurt, Shanghai and Tokyo advanced while London and Paris declined. Investors were encouraged by a Bloomberg News report that Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer will lead a U.S. delegation to Shanghai. That would be the first face-to-face talks since Presidents Donald Trump and Xi Jinping agreed in June to resume negotiations aimed at ending a b