Stocks mixed as China Covid spike offsets rosier US rate outlook

London (AFP) Nov 25, 2022

Stock markets traded mixed Friday, as fresh Covid lockdown fears in China offset hopes that the Federal Reserve would tone down US interest-rate hikes. Trading was light after the Thanksgiving day break in the United States with few catalysts to drive action on trading floors and investors looking ahead to the release of US jobs data next week. Most of Europe's major stock markets were u