GLOBAL MARKETS-Stocks, euro push higher as ECB stimulus plan looms

LONDON, Dec (Shanghai: 600875.SS - news) 8 (Reuters) - World shares climbed to a near three-month high on Thursday as encouraging China data and a record high Wall Street kept traders upbeat ahead of an expected extension of the European Central Bank's already generous stimulus programme. Asia had shares hustled to one-month highs after Wall Street strode to another record and European stocks made it four gains on the bounce and the euro neared month highs as the prospect of ECB support loomed.