World shares mostly higher ahead of US jobless claims data

BANGKOK (AP) — Global markets were mostly higher on Thursday as investors pinned their hopes on an economic rebound from the coronavirus pandemic.As investors prepared for latest weekly report on U.S. jobless claims, shares rose in Paris, London and Tokyo but dropped in Hong Kong, where tensions are flaring over Beijing’s effort to exert more control over the former British colony.Germany’s DAX gained 0.5% to 11,711 and the CAC 40 in Paris climbed 0.5% to 4,731. Britain’s