World stocks touched record highs on Friday, as trading wound down before the year-end holidays, while the British pound was heading towards its worst week for more than two years amid renewed worries over how Britain will leave the European Union. MSCI’s world equity index .MIWD00000PUS, which tracks shares in 49 countries, gained a smidgeon to 561.31, bettering a record touched on Thursday as optimism infused markets after the United States and China agreed an initial trade deal. The MSCI index is on track to advance more than 1% this week, in what would be its fourth straight week of gains. European shares led the way, with the broad Euro STOXX 600 gaining 0.3% in early trading. Indexes in Frankfurt .GDAXI , […]