GLOBAL MARKETS-No Payrolls, No Problem as Wall Street Extends Run of Highs

GLOBAL MARKET - LONDON. World stocks were on course for a solid weekly gain and more record highs as the seemingly unstoppable rally in tech shares and expectations of lower U.S. interest rates helped to offset uncertainty surrounding the U.S. government shutdown.

News late in the day that Palestinian militant group Hamas would agree to some of the terms in U.S. President Donald Trump's plan to end the war in Gaza helped strengthen the Israeli shekel.