India, May 15 -- World shares were mostly higher on Thursday after Wall Street set more records, as investors closely monitored takeaways from US President Donald Trump's summit with Chinese leader Xi Jinping in Beijing.

Trump met with Xi at the Great Hall of the People and they talked about US-China relations and Taiwan, but analysts did not expect major breakthroughs. US futures edged higher.

In early European trading, Britain's FTSE 100 was up 0.3 per cent to 10,351.36, after the UK reported its economy expanded at a faster-than-expected pace at 0.3 per cent for March despite impacts from the war in Iran. France's CAC 40 rose 0.6 per cent to 8,057.64, and Germany's DAX gained 1.4 per cent to 24,462.22.

In Asia, Tokyo's Nikkei 225 in...