Stock market today: World stocks track Wall Street gains, Japan shares hit record high

HONG KONG — Japanese stocks again set a record on Friday, after U.S. stocks climbed to all-time highs the previous day, European markets also went up ahead of euro zone inflation data.The future for the S&P 500 was up 0.1% while that for the Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 0.1%. Germany’s DAX added 0.4% to 17,746.65. In Paris, the CAC 40 edged less than 0.1% lower to 7,921.31 and London’s FTSE 100 was up 0.5% at 7,670.35. In Asia market, Tokyo’s Nikkei 225 jumped 1.9% and ended…