U.S. stock indexes moved up in early trading Wednesday.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average is up two-tenths of a percent, while the S&P 500 is ahead three-tenths of one percent. The NASDAQ is up seven-tenths of a percent.

European stock prices are lower in afternoon trading.

London's Financial Times index is down six-tenths of a percent. The CAC-40 in Paris is four-tenths of one percent lower, while the DAX index in Frankfurt is down 1.2 percent.

In Asia, Tokyo's Nikkei index gained nearly one-quarter of one percent to finish at 8,741.

Hong Kong's Hang Seng index lost one percent to finish the day's trading at 18,824.

Gold is trading down $8.14 at $1,795.55 an ounce.

The dollar is trading lower against the yen, but higher against the euro.