Premarket: Global stocks see boost from rate-cut fever

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Global shares rose to one-month highs on Friday while the dollar held steady, giving commodities a boost, after softer U.S. jobs data gave investors confidence that interest rates will start to decline this year. In currencies, the British pound headed for a modest weekly loss after the Bank of England (BoE) on Thursday paved the way for the start of rate cuts as soon as next month, while data showed the U.K. economy exited a mild recession in the first quarter of this year. The MSCI All-World index was up 0.13 per cent, as equities in Asia and Europe took...