Global shares hit 2016 high, U.S. dollar holds recent gains

Stocks across the globe rose to their highest levels of 2016 on Thursday and the U.S. dollar gained for a third day as investors embraced risk ahead of top policymaker and oil producer meetings. Singapore's normally conservative central bank unexpectedly eased its exchange-rate based monetary policy, at a time when several hundred economists polled by Reuters said economic growth and inflation across the globe will lose further momentum this year despite years of ultra-easy monetary policy. Sing