World Shares Mostly Higher After US Averts Shutdown

A currency trader works near the screens showing the Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI), left, and the foreign exchange rate between U.S. dollar and South Korean won at the foreign exchange dealing room of the KEB Hana Bank headquarters in Seoul, South Korea on Sept. 30, 2021. Ahn Young-joon/AP Photo

European shares and U.S. futures climbed Thursday after U.S. lawmakers moved to avert a government shutdown.

Germany’s DAX edged 0.1 percent higher to 15,378.85 while the CAC 40 in Paris added 0.5 percent to 6,593.48. In London, the FTSE 100 also gained 0.5 percent, to 7,146.51.