NEW YORK — World equity markets rose for a fourth day on Friday but the quarter was set to finish in the red for stocks and other assets as fears of an early withdrawal of US monetary stimulus spiked volatility and weighed on markets. Weakness in technology shares kept US stocks flat in early trading, while better economic data from Japan and efforts on Friday by China’s central bank to ease credit concerns gave other equities markets support. MSCI’s world equity index rose 0.5%. The Dow Jones industrial average fell 12.1 points or 0.08%, to 15,012.39, the S&P...
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