World shares mostly gain after US midterm elections as AI-related stocks sink

World shares were mostly higher Thursday, though heavy selling of artificial intelligence-related stocks offset gains for some markets following the U.S. midterm elections.South Korea’s Kospi sank more than 5% and the Nikkei 225 in Tokyo lost nearly 2%. Oil prices were mixed after the Dow industrials jumped more than 3% on Wednesday following the Republicans' loss of control of the U.S. Congress.In early European trading, the German DAX rose 0.6% to 26,598.03, while the CAC 40 in Paris surged 1.2% to 8,276.55. The United Kingdom's FTSE 100 gained 1% to 10,935.08.The future for the S Northrop Grumman fell 4.5% and General Dynamics lost 2.6%.The possibility of pressure to pull back on the war also sent the price for a barrel of Brent crude oil, the international standard, plunging 8.7% to $94.62.Early Thursday, Brent crude rebounded, gaining 0.4% to $95.04 per barrel, while U.S. benchmark crude fell 0.3% to $87.86 per barrel.In other dealings early Thursday, the U.S. dollar slipped to 1