Dollar stirs from slumber as yield gap yawns

By Marc Jones LONDON (Reuters) - The dollar, oil and world stocks rose on Wednesday following upbeat U.S. data that saw the gap between Treasuries and other benchmark global government bonds hit new highs. Europe's main stock market, London's FTSE, reopened with a gain of 0.5 percent as it played catch-up after similar run-ups in Germany and France and as Wall Street's Dow Jones index eyed another crack at 20,000 points. The dollar also drove higher after U.S. consumer confidence shot to its lof