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*MSCI world index, FTSEurofirst 300 hit five-year peaks. *China reports stronger-than-forecast April trade data. LONDON, May 8- Strong Chinese trade data and signs that Germany may escape a severe spring slowdown pushed world shares to five-year highs on Wednesday and boosted growth-sensitive currencies and metals.
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*China reports stronger-than-forecast April trade data. MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan added 0.8 percent to its highest since August 2011, pulled up by a 0.7 percent gain in Australian shares and a 0.8 percent rise in Hong Kong shares.
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*MSCI Asia ex- Japan up 0.2 pct, Nikkei opens 0.1 pct higher. "Foreign investors just don't stop buying Japanese shares," said Kenichi Hirano, operating officer at Tachibana Securities. MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan was up 0.2 percent, with Australian shares trading up 0.2 percent and South Korean shares opening 0.4 percent higher.
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*MSCI share index at highest since 2008; DAX at record high. NEW YORK, May 7- Major stock indexes in Germany and the United States hit all-time highs on Tuesday after data bolstered expectations that Germany has returned to growth, while Australia reminded markets that accommodative policies from central banks have room to run.
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*MSCI share index at highest since 2008; DAX at record high. NEW YORK, May 7- Major stock indexes in Germany and the United States hit all-time highs on Tuesday after data bolstered expectations that Germany has returned to growth, while a successful bond sale in Portugal indicated the country is on track to exit its bailout.
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NEW YORK, May 7- U.S. stocks advanced on Tuesday, with the S&P 500 extending its three-day rally to yet another intraday high, led by gains in the materials and energy sectors. Caterpillar Inc, the world's largest construction and mining equipment maker, was the Dow's biggest percentage gainer with its stock up 2.1 percent at $89.39.
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LONDON, May 7- Robust results from heavyweight banks drove European shares to fresh peaks on Tuesday, with Germany's benchmark stock market rising to a record high.
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LONDON, May 7- Robust results from heavyweight banks drove European shares to fresh peaks on Tuesday, with Germany's benchmark stock market rising to a record high.
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*MSCI world share index at highest since 2008, DAX at record high. Wall Street edged up at the open, with the S&P touching an intraday high of 1,623.74. If this rotation into cyclical stocks from defensive ones continues, that will be a very healthy sign for us, "said Art Hogan, managing director at Lazard Capital Markets in New York.
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NEW YORK, May 7- U.S. stocks edged up on Tuesday with the S&P 500 setting yet another record, led by gains in energy and tech sectors. The Nasdaq Composite Index was up 2.83 points, or 0.08 percent, at 3,395.80. ( (For multimedia versions of Reuters Top News: 3000 Xtra: visit BridgeStation: view story. 134==============================================================.
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*Investors await China trade data due on Wednesday. LONDON, May 7- Copper hit a three-week high on Tuesday as last week's strong U.S. report helped fuel hopes that an improvement in the world's largest economy will spur global growth, and as copper stocks trended lower.
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*MSCI world share index at highest since June 2008, Dax at record high. MSCI's global index, which tracks stocks in 45 countries, edged past its June 2008 highs in Asian trading after Japan's Nikkei stock market, which had been closed on Monday, jumped in a delayed reaction to Friday's U.S. jobs data.
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LONDON, May 7- European equities nudged higher on Tuesday, with sentiment boosted by a record high in the German DAX index, forecast-beating earnings and prospects of sustained central bank stimulus.
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LONDON, May 7- European equities nudged higher on Tuesday, with sentiment boosted by a record high in the German DAX index, forecast-beating earnings and prospects of sustained central bank stimulus.
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LONDON, May 7- European equities nudged higher on Tuesday, bolstered by a crop of better-than-expected corporate earnings and with the German DAX index testing tough technical resistance levels en route to record highs.
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LONDON, May 7- European equities nudged higher on Tuesday, bolstered by a crop of better than expected corporate earnings and with the German DAX index closing in on record highs.
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LONDON, May 7- European equities nudged higher on Tuesday, bolstered by a crop of better than expected corporate earnings and with the German DAX index closing in on record highs.
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LONDON, May 7- European stock index futures pointed to a firmer open on Tuesday, consolidating last week's gains and sending stocks back up towards multi-year highs as Europe's biggest financial centre reopened after a holiday. At 0601 GMT, futures for Euro STOXX 50, for Germany's DAX and for France's CAC were 0.3 to 0.2 percent higher.
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LONDON, May 7- European stocks are expected to open flat to lower on Tuesday, with a consolidation of the previous week's gains set to continue as British traders return to their desks, and the earnings reports of some of Europe's biggest banks are likely to be in focus.
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LONDON, May 7- Robust results from heavyweight banks drove European shares to fresh peaks on Tuesday, with Germany's benchmark stock market rising to a record high.