Buoyant stock markets on pause, eye US inflation By Reuters – Investing.com UK

Buoyant stock markets on pause, eye US inflation By Reuters – Investing.com UK

By Julien Ponthus and Julie Zhu

LONDON (Reuters) - Boosted by a $1 trillion U.S. infrastructure bill, global stock markets held the line on all-time highs on Tuesday but investors were reluctant to commit further to the rally before getting a clearer picture of the surge in U.S inflation.

The pan-European rose 0.2%, just short of a record hit last week but both French and German blue chips reached new milestones in late morning trading.