Global shares were mixed on Friday after Wall Street touched fresh records, with benchmarks pushed higher by the frenzy over artificial-intelligence technology.

France's CAC 40 dropped 1.3% in early trading to 7,606.73 while Germany's DAX dipped 0.5% to 18,174.98. Britain's FTSE 100 fell 0.2% to 8,143.79. The future for the Dow Jones Industrial Average slipped 0.5% and that for the S&P 500 was 0.2% lower.