Employees of Tokyo Stock Exchange work at the bourse after the New Year opening ceremony at the Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE), held to wish for the success of Japan’s stock market, in Tokyo, Japan, January 4, 2016. The U.S dollar rose on Friday while world stock markets were steady, as investors braced for the likelihood of a hike in U.S. interest rates in coming months. The MSCI All-Country World equity index .MIWD00000PUS edged higher by 0.1 percent. The pan-European FTSEurofirst 300 index .FTEU3 of leading European shares slipped 0.1 percent but remained in touching distance of a one-month reached earlier this week. [.EU]. “Markets are doing remarkably well given that a U.S. interest rate rise might happen as early as next month,” said Lex Van Dam, hedge fund manager at Hampstead Capital. The dollar index .DXY rose 0.1 percent and was on track for its best monthly performance since […]