Premarket: World shares climb, dollar eases ahead of U.S.-China talks

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An Asia stocks rally lifted world indexes to record highs on Monday, and the U.S. dollar pared recent gains ahead of talks in London aimed at mending a trade rift between the United States and China. MSCI’s broadest index of world shares climbed 0.2 per cent to a record high of 893.88, as European indexes steadied and Asian markets closed higher. The Japanese Nikkei closed almost 1 per cent higher, China’s blue-chip CSI300 Index climbed roughly 0.3 per cent, while the Shanghai Composite Index gained 0.4 per cent. Top trade representatives from Washington and Beijing are due to meet for...