Dollar, global stocks nudge higher as hurricane subsides
By Marc Jones LONDON (Reuters) - Relative calm returned to world markets on Friday after a hurricane-force week that gave dollar/yen its biggest smashing since 2008, wiped billions off share prices and saw a stampede into top-rated government bonds and gold. Japan's Nikkei fell 5.4 percent, having been shut during Thursday's global rout, so there was relief as the dollar and the yen steadied and London and Europe's other main stock markets rose almost 2 percent. Oil prices climbed off 12-year lo
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