Global stocks mixed ahead of expected US rate hike


              A currency trader walks near the screens showing the Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI), right, and the foreign exchange rate at a foreign exchange dealing room in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, July 27, 2022. Asian stock markets followed Wall Street lower Wednesday as traders prepared for a possible sharp interest rate hike from the Federal Reserve to cool inflation. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)
            
              A currency trader walks near the screens showing the Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI), right, and the foreign exchange rate at a foreign exchange dealing room in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, July 27, 2022. Asian stock markets followed Wall Street lower Wednesday as traders prepared for a possible sharp interest rate hike from the Federal Reserve to cool inflation. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)
            
              A currency trader talks near the screens showing the Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI), left, and the foreign exchange rate between U.S. dollar and South Korean won at a foreign exchange dealing room in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, July 27, 2022. Asian stock markets followed Wall Street lower Wednesday as traders prepared for a possible sharp interest rate hike from the Federal Reserve to cool inflation. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)
            
              A currency trader walks near the screens at a foreign exchange dealing room in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, July 27, 2022. Asian stock markets followed Wall Street lower Wednesday as traders prepared for a possible sharp interest rate hike from the Federal Reserve to cool inflation. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)
            
              FILE - Sunlight shines on the facade of the New York Stock Exchange, Friday, July 8, 2022, in New York.  Wall Street is opening lower Tuesday, July 26, dragged down by weak profit reports from some of the biggest names in corporate America. The S&P 500 is down almost half a percent at the open and the Dow Jones Industrial Average is also falling slightly.   (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)
            
              FILE - Sunlight shines on the facade of the New York Stock Exchange, Friday, July 8, 2022, in New York.  Wall Street is opening lower Tuesday, July 26, dragged down by weak profit reports from some of the biggest names in corporate America. The S&P 500 is down almost half a percent at the open and the Dow Jones Industrial Average is also falling slightly.   (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)
            
              FILE - Sunlight shines on the facade of the New York Stock Exchange, Friday, July 8, 2022, in New York.  Wall Street is opening lower Tuesday, July 26, dragged down by weak profit reports from some of the biggest names in corporate America. The S&P 500 is down almost half a percent at the open and the Dow Jones Industrial Average is also falling slightly.   (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)
            
              FILE - Sunlight shines on the facade of the New York Stock Exchange, Friday, July 8, 2022, in New York.  Wall Street is opening lower Tuesday, July 26, dragged down by weak profit reports from some of the biggest names in corporate America. The S&P 500 is down almost half a percent at the open and the Dow Jones Industrial Average is also falling slightly.   (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)
            
              FILE - Sunlight shines on the facade of the New York Stock Exchange, Friday, July 8, 2022, in New York.  Wall Street is opening lower Tuesday, July 26, dragged down by weak profit reports from some of the biggest names in corporate America. The S&P 500 is down almost half a percent at the open and the Dow Jones Industrial Average is also falling slightly.   (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)
            
              FILE - Sunlight shines on the facade of the New York Stock Exchange, Friday, July 8, 2022, in New York.  Wall Street is opening lower Tuesday, July 26, dragged down by weak profit reports from some of the biggest names in corporate America. The S&P 500 is down almost half a percent at the open and the Dow Jones Industrial Average is also falling slightly.   (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)
            
              FILE - Sunlight shines on the facade of the New York Stock Exchange, Friday, July 8, 2022, in New York.  Wall Street is opening lower Tuesday, July 26, dragged down by weak profit reports from some of the biggest names in corporate America. The S&P 500 is down almost half a percent at the open and the Dow Jones Industrial Average is also falling slightly.   (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)
            
              FILE - Sunlight shines on the facade of the New York Stock Exchange, Friday, July 8, 2022, in New York.  Wall Street is opening lower Tuesday, July 26, dragged down by weak profit reports from some of the biggest names in corporate America. The S&P 500 is down almost half a percent at the open and the Dow Jones Industrial Average is also falling slightly.   (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)
            
              FILE - Sunlight shines on the facade of the New York Stock Exchange, Friday, July 8, 2022, in New York.  Wall Street is opening lower Tuesday, July 26, dragged down by weak profit reports from some of the biggest names in corporate America. The S&P 500 is down almost half a percent at the open and the Dow Jones Industrial Average is also falling slightly.   (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)
            
              FILE - Sunlight shines on the facade of the New York Stock Exchange, Friday, July 8, 2022, in New York.  Wall Street is opening lower Tuesday, July 26, dragged down by weak profit reports from some of the biggest names in corporate America. The S&P 500 is down almost half a percent at the open and the Dow Jones Industrial Average is also falling slightly.   (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)
            
              FILE - Sunlight shines on the facade of the New York Stock Exchange, Friday, July 8, 2022, in New York.  Wall Street is opening lower Tuesday, July 26, dragged down by weak profit reports from some of the biggest names in corporate America. The S&P 500 is down almost half a percent at the open and the Dow Jones Industrial Average is also falling slightly.   (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)
            
              Statues adorn the facade of the New York Stock Exchange, July 14, 2022, in New York. Stocks are opening mixed on Wall Street Monday, July 25, 2022. Cruise lines are falling while gold miner Freeport-McMoRan and Texas-based oil explorer Diamondback Energy are leading the gainers at the opening bell. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
            
              A currency trader watches monitors at the foreign exchange dealing room of the KEB Hana Bank headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, July 26, 2022. Asian stock markets were mostly higher Tuesday as investors braced for another sharp interest rate hike by the Federal Reserve to cool inflation. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
            
              Currency traders watch monitors at the foreign exchange dealing room of the KEB Hana Bank headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, July 26, 2022. Asian stock markets were mostly higher Tuesday as investors braced for another sharp interest rate hike by the Federal Reserve to cool inflation. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
            
              A currency trader watches monitors at the foreign exchange dealing room of the KEB Hana Bank headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, July 26, 2022. Asian stock markets were mostly higher Tuesday as investors braced for another sharp interest rate hike by the Federal Reserve to cool inflation. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
            
              FILE - Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell speaks to the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, as he presents the Monetary Policy Report to the committee on Capitol Hill, on June 22, 2022, in Washington. With inflation raging at a four-decade high and the job market strong, the Fed is under pressure to raise interest rates aggressively. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)
Global stocks mixed ahead of expected US rate hike