World shares have mostly gained after a rally in U.S. tech stocks lifted the Nasdaq to an all-time high and helped Wall Street claw back earlier losses. In early European trading, Britain’s FTSE 100 rose 1.1% to 8,963. Germany’s DAX edged up 0.2% to 24,593.55, while in Paris, the CAC 40 climbed 0.7% to 7,930.19. S&P 500 futures shed 0.1% while those for the Dow Jones Industrial Average were down 0.2%. South Korea’s Kospi climbed 1.6% after the Bank of Korea kept its benchmark interest rate unchanged. Tokyo’s Nikkei 225 fell 0.4 %, weighed down by selling of exporters' shares amid the yen’s appreciation. The indexes in Hong Kong, Shanghai and Australia rose.
