Global shares gain as infrastructure spending, jobs data boost

By Chris Prentice and Tom Arnold WASHINGTON/LONDON (Reuters) - U.S. stock indexes set fresh records on Thursday and European shares closed near all-time highs, fueled by supportive U.S. jobless claims data and a breakthrough in infrastructure spending talks in Washington. President Joe Biden on Thursday embraced a bipartisan Senate deal to spend hundreds of billions of dollars on infrastructure projects, building roads, bridges and highways in an expanded effort to stimulate the American economy. The U.S. dollar retreated in a day of choppy trading, while sterling fell after the Bank of Englan...