Asian shares were mixed Wednesday in cautious trading after most U.S. stocks rose, settling back to where they were before last week's swoon over the future of artificial intelligence.

U.S. futures edged higher while oil prices declined.

Wall Street is on track to open higher Wednesday with an end to the U.S. government shutdown appearing closer, and technology stocks appeared to regain their footing after wild swings this week.

Futures for the S&P 500 rose 0.4% while futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average were up 0.3%. Futures for the technology-heavy Nasdaq index rose 0.6%.

Spanish King Felipe VI and Chinese President Xi Jinping signed agreements on language exchanges and other areas Wednesday as both sides vowed to strengthen their cooperation.

The monarch's visit comes as Spain, the eurozone's fourth-largest economy, continues its courtship of China and Chinese investment while the relationship with the United States is strained under President Donald Trump. In April, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, head of the country's government, made his third visit to China in as many years.

The longest government shutdown in history could conclude as soon as today, Day 43, with almost no one happy with the final result.

Democrats didn't get the heath insurance provisions they demanded added to the spending deal. And Republicans, who control the levers of power in Washington, didn't escape blame, according to polls and some state and local elections that went poorly for them.

Shares advanced in Europe on Tuesday after a retreat in Asia, as investors took the latest step toward ending the U.S. government shutdown in stride.

Markets showed little reaction after the Senate passed legislation to reopen the government.

China's passenger car sales slowed in October, even for electric vehicle makers BYD and Tesla, as automakers cut prices to compete in an overcrowded market, an industry association said Tuesday.

The China Association of Automobile Manufacturers said that sales grew 4.4% year-on-year, down from September's 11.2% increase and a 15.1% jump in August. But exports of EVs and plug-in hybrids doubled from a year earlier, to about 250,000, as automakers expanded further into overseas markets.

Top diplomats from the Group of Seven industrialized democracies are converging on southern Ontario as tensions rise between the U.S. and traditional allies like Canada over defense spending, trade and uncertainty over President Donald Trump's ceasefire plan in Gaza and efforts to end the Russia-Ukraine war.

Canadian Foreign Minister Anita Anand said in an interview with The Associated Press that "the relationship has to continue across a range of issues" despite trade pressures as she prepared to host U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and their counterparts from Britain, France, Germany, Italy and Japan on Tuesday and Wednesday.

A high-ranking U.S. Treasury delegation that visited Beirut Monday pushed Lebanese officials to crack down on the flow of funding to Hezbollah. Local and western media outlets reported a list of demands conveyed by the delegation.

1. Shutting down Hezbollah-affiliated al-Qard al-Hasan, a nonprofit organization operating outside the Lebanese financial system as a quasi-bank.

Yemen's Houthi rebels are signaling they've stopped their attacks against Israel and shipping in the Red Sea as a shaky ceasefire holds in the Gaza Strip.

In an undated letter to Hamas' Qassam Brigades published online by the group, the Houthis offered their clearest signal that their attacks have halted.

The longest federal government shutdown in U.S. history appears to be nearing an end, but not without leaving a mark on an already-struggling economy.

About 1.25 million federal workers haven't been paid since Oct. 1. Thousands of flights have been canceled, a trend that is expected to continue this week even as Congress moves toward reopening the government. Government contract awards have slowed and some food aid recipients have seen their benefits interrupted.