World equities at all-time high after Nasdaq record

By Lionel Laurent LONDON (Reuters) - Global equity markets rode to new all-time highs on Friday, with positive corporate updates in Europe and a post-dotcom-boom peak for the U.S. Nasdaq stoking investor optimism. The MSCI All-Country World index hit a lifetime high of 441.1 points, extending a multi-year rally driven by plentiful central bank cash and the global economy's recovery from the 2008 financial crisis. On Wall Street on Thursday, the Nasdaq pushed above its previous record set in Marc