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World stocks edge higher, data offsets Apple's plunge
Reuters NEW YORK (Reuters) – World equity and commodity markets rose on Thursday on encouraging economic data, but a steep sell-off in Apple shares that wiped out about $ 50 billion of its market value threatened to snuff a six-day streak of gains in U.S. stocks. EUROPE MARKETS: Upbeat PMIs Boost Europe Stocks, Nokia Slumps World stocks higher, safe-haven US debt slides GLOBAL MARKETS-Stocks higher, safe-haven US debt slides |