World stocks hit all-time high, tops Jan 2018 level

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FILE PHOTO: Passersby are reflected on a stock quotation board outside a brokerage in Tokyo
FILE PHOTO: Passersby are reflected on a stock quotation board outside a brokerage in Tokyo, Japan, August 6, 2019. REUTERS/Issei Kato

December 12, 2019

LONDON (Reuters) – World stocks hit a record high on Thursday, passing an all-time peak set in early 2018, on investor enthusiasm the United States and China were close to an initial deal to defuse a prolonged trade war.

Shares moved sharply higher after U.S. President Donald Trump said in a tweet that the two countries were “getting VERY close to a BIG DEAL.”

The MSCI all-country world index <.MIWD00000PUS>, which tracks shares in 49 countries, climbed to 551.84 points to surpass the previous record of 550.63 points set on Jan. 29, 2018.

The index has risen more than 20% this year, helped as well by a lowering of interest rates and injections of government stimulus around the world.

(GRAPHIC: World stocks have surged $10 trillion on way back to record high – https://fingfx.thomsonreuters.com/gfx/mkt/12/9211/9123/Pasted%20Image.jpg)

(Reporting by Marc Jones; Editing by Chizu Nomiyama)

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