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Tuesday, July 9, 2013

Shares test three-week high, dollar firm after U.S. pick-up

Electronic information boards display market information at the London Stock Exchange in the City of LondonBy Marc Jones LONDON (Reuters) - World shares extended gains on Tuesday, tracking a rally on Wall Street spurred by a good start to the U.S. earnings season that put the gloss on last week's strong job data, while the dollar held near multi-year peaks. European shares on the broad FTSEurofirst 300 opened up 0.6 percent and core and peripheral euro zone debt made early gains as a deal to drip-feed Greece the latest 6.8 billion euro installment of its bailout added to the upbeat mood. ...



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