US futures are flat and global stocks gain after optimism about AI sends Wall Street higher

TOKYO: US futures were flat on Wednesday after President Donald Trump’s State of the Union speech, while global shares were mostly higher.

In Europe, France’s CAC 40 edged up 0.3% in early trading to 8,542.30, while the German DAX added 0.2% to 25,024.38. Britain’s FTSE 100 jumped 0.8% to 10,763.15. The future for the S&P 500 was up 0.1%, while that for the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.1%.