Global stocks limp into June on oil and data slips

By John Geddie LONDON (Reuters) - World shares started the new month on the back foot on Wednesday as sliding oil prices hurt energy-related shares and a raft of disappointing economic data dampened demand for riskier assets. European bourses were led lower by a near 2 percent drop in the resources sector, while earlier in Asia, Australian mining stocks were among the biggest losers pulling the index down over 1 percent. "China set the tone...the country's continually limp manufacturing...an unw