Stock market today: Global shares track Wall Street rally, led by a 2.4% jump in Tokyo WSB-TV Channel 2 [Video]

HONG KONG — (AP) — World shares advanced Wednesday, led by a 2.4% rally for Tokyo’s benchmark Nikkei 225 index that was powered by strong gains for semiconductor makers.

European markets opened higher. Germany’s DAX was up 0.4% to 18,200.49 and the CAC 40 in Paris edged less than 0.1% higher to 8,109.21. In London, the FTSE 100 rose 0.4% to 8,078.50.

The future for the S&P 500 was up 0.2% and that for the Dow Jones Industrial Average was virtually unchanged.

In Asian trading, Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 gained more than 900 points to close at 38,460.08.

Shares in computer chip company Renesas Electronics Corp. jumped 10.5%, while rival Tokyo Electronic surged 7.1%.

Investors are watching to see how Japan’s central bank and its Finance Ministry react to prolonged weakness in the yen, which has been trading at its lowest level in 34 years, at a policy meeting that …