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Tokyo • Global shares rose on Wednesday as investors welcomed data that suggests China's economy is stabilizing.

KEEPING SCORE: France's CAC 40 added 1.2 percent to 4,972.00 and Germany's DAX rose 1.5 percent to 10,992.13. Britain's FTSE 100 rose 0.7 percent to 6,320.78. U.S. shares were set to edge up on the open, with both Dow and S&P 500 futures up 0.4 percent.

CHINA FACTOR: China's factory output and investment weakened in October but retail sales growth edged up, suggesting economic growth has stabilized. Industrial output expanded 5.6 percent in October, down from 5.7 percent in September, and retail sales grew 11 percent last month, up from 10.9 percent. China's fixed-asset investment grew 10.2 percent year on year in the first 10 months of 2015, according to the National Bureau of Statistics. The growth was 0.1 percentage point slower than the expansion seen in the first three quarters.

BEER CHEER: Shares in SABMiller, the world's second-largest brewer, were up 2.6 percent in London after rival and market leader AB Inbev said it had finalized a takeover deal. As part of the agreement, SABMiller will sell its 58 percent stake in a joint venture in the U.S., Molson Coors, for $12 billion. The combined company would produce about a third of the world's beer.

Separately, shares in Danish brewer Carlsberg were up 6.6 percent after the company said it would cut costs, including 2,000 jobs, to shore up its finances in the face of declining sales in Russia and China.

ASIA'S DAY: Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225 was little changed, inching up 0.1 percent at 19,691.39. South Korea's Kospi rose 0.03 percent to 1,997.27. Hong Kong's Hang Seng fell 0.2 percent to 22,352.17, while the Shanghai Composite added 0.3 percent to 3,650.25. Other regional markets were lower, with shares falling in Taiwan, Singapore and Thailand.

ENERGY: Benchmark U.S. crude dipped $1.02 to $43.76 a barrel in New York. Brent crude, a benchmark for international oils, fell 21 cents to $47.89 a barrel in London.

CURRENCIES: The dollar slipped to 123.09 yen from 123.19 yen. The euro fell to $1.0718 from $1.0721.

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