Global stocks slip from highs; focus on G20, PMIs

By Jamie McGeever
LONDON (Reuters) – Shares fell on Friday after soft U.S. corporate results pulled Wall Street back from record highs, and as a string of data gave investors one of the first glimpses of the impact on global economic activity of Britain’s vote to leave the EU.
European stocks and MSCI’s leading global share index were both on course for their first consecutive daily losses in two weeks, while Japan’s Nikkei posted its biggest decline over the same period.