World Shares Are Mostly Higher as Bank of Japan Keeps Its Lax Policy Intact

BANGKOK—World shares were mostly higher on Tuesday after a seven-week winning streak on Wall Street cooled. Germany's DAX gained 0.4 percent to 16,710.29 and in London, the FTSE 100 was up 0.3 percent at 7,634.05. In Paris, the CAC 40 slipped 2 points to 7,567.01. The futures for the S&P 500 and the Dow industrials both gained less than 0.1 percent. Tokyo's Nikkei 225 index gained 1.4 percent to 33,219.39 after the Bank of Japan kept its ultra-lax monetary policy unchanged, as expected. The dollar rose against the yen, climbing to 144.59 yen from 142.79. The S&P/ASX 200 in Sydney added 0.8 percent to 7,489.10, while South Korea's…