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LONDON (Reuters) -World shares hit record highs in the European session on Monday, as markets were generally upbeat about the prospects for a global economic recovery from COVID-19, ahead of a busy week for earnings.<\/p>

FILE PHOTO: A TV reporter stands in front of a large screen showing stock prices at the Tokyo Stock Exchange after market opens in Tokyo, Japan October 2, 2020. REUTERS\/Kim Kyung-Hoon<\/figcaption>

Europe\u2019s STOXX 600 rose to a record high before easing some gains, up 0.1% at 1105 GMT. Asian shares hit one-month highs overnight.<\/p>\n

MSCI world equity index, which tracks shares in 49 countries, also climbed to a new peak, up 0.2%.<\/p>\n

But U.S. stock futures pointed to a lower open for Wall Street, after the S&P 500 and the Dow closed at record highs in the previous session.<\/p>\n

Matthias Scheiber, global head of portfolio management at Wells Fargo Asset Management cited low interest rates, the rollout of COVID-19 vaccines and the fiscal stimulus package in the United States as reasons for his bullish stance on equities.<\/p>\n

\u201cRisk is coming down, volatility is coming down \u2026 we see the slow reopening of global economies, the rollout of the vaccine and the huge catch-up in demand so from that perspective it should be positive for economic growth.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe had a strong rally in cyclical and value stocks since the start of this year – we would like to see confirmation in the earnings.\u201d<\/p>\n

Earnings from IBM and Coca-Cola are due later in the session. Netflix reports on Tuesday. Later in the week, American Airlines and Southwest will be the first major post-COVID cyclicals to post results.<\/p>\n

The European Central Bank meeting on Thursday will also be in focus this week. ECB President Christine Lagarde said last week that the euro zone economy is still standing on the \u201ctwo crutches\u201d of monetary and fiscal stimulus and these cannot be taken away until it makes a full recovery.<\/p>\n

The benchmark U.S. Treasury yield, which dropped as low as 1.528% last Thursday, was at 1.5764%.<\/p>\n

In currency markets, the dollar index was down 0.6% at its lowest levels in more than a month, at 91.052, having weakened since its recent peak of 93.439 at the end of March.<\/p>\n

Dollar-yen was also down 0.6%, changing hands at 108.145.<\/p>\n

The euro was up 0.5% versus the dollar at $1.20435.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have been highlighting over the past two months that USD could bottom out, in contrast to consensus, and believed that this would be a tactical problem for EM and for certain commodity trades,\u201d wrote JP Morgan\u2019s head of global and European equity strategy, Mislav Matejka, in a note to clients. \u201cWe think the risk of a firmer USD, through rising US-Europe interest rate differential, is not finished.\u201d<\/p>\n

Matejka also said that, although there is the technical potential for a correction in equities, he would not cut stocks exposure on the six- to nine-month horizon.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe think that it is more likely that we will be raising our year-end targets, rather than reducing them, as we move through the summer,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Likewise, Wells Fargo Asset Management\u2019s Matthias Scheiber said \u201cWe believe we are in the \u2018buy the dip\u2019 environment at this moment given that both fiscal and monetary policy are very supportive, so if we would see a correction \u2026 we would probably increase the equity position.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bitcoin was up 1% at around $56,850, nursing losses from Sunday, when it plunged as much as 14% to $51,541.<\/p>\n

Oil prices fell as rising COVID-19 infections in India prompted concern than stronger measures to contain the pandemic would hurt economic activity.<\/p>\n

A recent surge in COVID-19 cases could see major parts of Japan slide back into states of emergency, with authorities in Tokyo and Osaka looking at renewed curbs.<\/p>\n

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