GLOBAL MARKETS-Investors lean toward risk, US rates seen low
* MSCI world equity index up 1.6 percent
* U.S. data upholds economic recovery scenario
* Fed seen keeping low interest rate policy
* Gold hits record high; dollar under pressure
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By Al Yoon
NEW YORK, Nov 4 (Reuters) - World stocks rose on Wednesday after upbeat European and U.S. economic reports, while the U.S. dollar slipped amid expectations the Federal Reserve will reaffirm its commitment to ultra-low interest rates.
Gold hit a record high, adding to momentum sparked by the International Monetary Fund's sale of bullion to India on Tuesday.
U.S. stock indexes jumped after a employee services company reported U.S. firms fired workers in October at the slowest pace in more than a year, raising chances job growth could reappear in early 2010. Click on [ID:nN04545735]. Continued...
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