World shares are mostly higher after Trump signs bill ending US government shutdown

World shares mostly gained on Thursday after U.S. stocks settled near their records and U.S. President Donald Trump signed a government funding bill, ending the record 43-day shutdown. The future for S&P 500 edged up 0.1% while that for the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.2% ahead of the reopening of the federal government following the standoff that caused financial stress for federal workers who went without paychecks, stranded scores of travelers at airports and generated long lines at some food banks. “The shutdown had blocked not just spending, but also delayed a raft of federal economic data,” Stephen Innes of SPI Asset Management said in a commentary, adding that “for markets, the only line that matters is simple: the lights are coming back on.”