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Global stocks rallied for a second day and the dollar weakened amid speculation that policy makers will mitigate the damage of the U.K.’s vote to leave the European Union, including a pause in the Federal Reserve’s tightening cycle. Crude oil rallied and the pound rose. The MSCI All-Country World Index headed for its highest level since before the Brexit result and U.S. equity-index futures advanced as odds indicated the Fed is more likely to cut rates than raise them over the rest of the year. Sterling erased earlier losses, having rebounded in the last session from near a 31-year low. Oil climbed above $48 a barrel and gold gained, while the dollar retreated against most of its major peers. Emerging-market stocks and currencies climbed for a second day. Bond yields in Spain, Portugal and Italy slipped, while those on Japanese debt fell to a record low.
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Global stocks rallied for a second day and the dollar weakened amid speculation that policy makers will mitigate the damage of the U.K.’s vote to leave the European Union, including a pause in the Federal Reserve’s tightening cycle. Crude oil rallied and the pound rose. The MSCI All-Country World Index headed for its highest level since before the Brexit result and U.S. equity-index futures advanced as odds indicated the Fed is more likely to cut rates than raise them over the rest of the year. Sterling erased earlier losses, having rebounded in the last session from near a 31-year low. Oil climbed above $48 a barrel and gold gained, while the dollar retreated against most of its major peers. Emerging-market stocks and currencies climbed for a second day. Bond yields in Spain, Portugal and Italy slipped, while those on Japanese debt fell to a record low.
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