By Marc Jones and Koh Gui Qing NEW YORK/LONDON (Reuters) -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. The group said it would release hostages while seeking further negotiations on more contentious issues such as disarmament, and the shekel rose 0.7% to 3.2912 per dollar, capping a 1.6% gain for the week. Investors have mostly shrugged off the U.S. shutdown, the 15th since 1981, but on Friday it meant traders

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