World stocks split with crude, rise despite oil drop

By Dion Rabouin NEW YORK (Reuters) - Equity markets shrugged off crude oil's decline on Thursday, with Europe rebounding from losses spurred by fears of Britain exiting the European Union and Wall Street boosted by growing investor confidence. "Overall, the tone of the market has gotten much better in the last week, and nothing happened overnight to dent that optimism, even with China down nearly 6 percent," said Michael James, managing director of equity trading at Wedbush Securities in Los Ang