Global stock markets fall after stalemate in OPEC talks, US holiday

Global shares were mostly lower Tuesday as oil prices surged after a meeting of oil producing nations was postponed, with little else guiding trading after the US Independence Day holiday.

France’s CAC 40 dropped 0.5% in early trading to 6,534.23, while Germany’s DAX lost 0.6% to 15,561.04. Britain’s FTSE 100 edged down 0.2% to 7,153.81. The future for the Dow industrials inching less than 0.1% lower to 34,663.00. The S&P 500 future lost 0.1% to 4,339.88.

Talks among members of the OPEC cartel and allied oil producing countries have broken off in the midst of a standoff with the United Arab Emirates over production levels. No debt has been set for the next meeting.