Shares stall near peaks, dollar shuffles higher – Reuters

Shares stall near peaks, dollar shuffles higher – Reuters

World share indexes stalled near all-time highs on Tuesday and the dollar and government bond yields tip-toed higher, as some of the biggest global economies pushed on with easing COVID-19 restrictions.

A surge in the price of almost everything, from wood and wheat to metals and microchips, has fuelled talk of an inflation spike.

Sensitive cyclical sectors including energy, mining and travel and leisure helped drive Europe modestly higher, while Wall Street's tech giants, which have surged during the pandemic, were mostly pointing lower again.