Premarket: European stocks mostly down, while China’s technology stocks rally

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European shares opened lower Tuesday, while Chinese technology stocks surged after Chinese President Xi Jinping met with entrepreneurs this week in what is seen as a show of support to the technology industry. Early European trading was mostly down, with France’s CAC 40 down 0.18%, while Germany’s DAX dipped 0.26%. Britain’s FTSE 100 remained mostly unchanged. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng rose 1.59% to 22,976.81, while the Shanghai Composite was down 0.93% to 3,324.49. Japan’s Nikkei 225 was up 0.25% to 39,270.40 after Japan’s economic growth for the fourth quarter beat forecasts. In other regional markets, Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 slipped 0.66%...