Global Shares Cautiously Higher Ahead of US Core Inflation Data
By Reuters SYDNEY—Global shares rose on Friday after data showed the U.S. economy was growing robustly and traders awaited a U.S. core inflation report later in the session that may show price pressures are continuing to abate. MSCI’s all-country equity gauge rose 0.2 percent following reassuring news on Thursday that the U.S. economy expanded at its fastest rate for almost two years in the third…
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