Stocks hit high on dovish Draghi message
ECB chief on Thursday said central bank ready to adjust QE programme
London
THE prospect of yet more European Central Bank stimulus pushed world stocks to a two-month high, the euro to a two-month low and left investors paying for the privilege of owning short-term Italian and Spanish bonds.
European shares and bonds kept climbing on Friday after soaring on Thursday's message from ECB chief Mario Draghi that the central bank was ready to adjust "the size, composition and duration" of its QE programme.
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