Stock market today: World shares advance after Nvidia's rebound offsets weakness on Wall St

Shares have advanced in Europe and Asia after a rebound for Nvidia offset weakness on Wall Street. Strength in technology shares spilled into Asian trading, pushing prices higher in Tokyo and Hong Kong. Oil prices and U.S. futures also were higher. On Tuesday, the S&P 500 rose 0.4% and neared its all-time high set a week earlier. The Nasdaq composite leaped 1.3% for its first gain in four days. But the majority of stocks on Wall Street outside artificial-intelligence winners fell. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was a laggard and slumped 0.8%. It doesn't include Nvidia as a member, unlike the other big U.S. stock indexes.