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MILAN (Reuters) – World stocks pushed higher on Tuesday and the dollar dipped to near three-month lows as bets that U.S. interest rates would remain low helped investors look past any short-term damage stemming from increased COVID-19 infections in Asia.<\/p>

FILE PHOTO: The German share price index DAX graph is pictured at the stock exchange in Frankfurt, Germany, May 14, 2021. REUTERS\/Staff<\/figcaption>

Equities in Europe rose, with the STOXX 600 regional benchmark closing in on its previous record high, up 0.4% on optimism around easing economic restrictions, while Wall Street looked set to follow, with S&P 500 futures gaining 0.3%.<\/p>\n

MSCI\u2019s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan rallied 1.6%, as it recovered some of the losses suffered recently after new coronavirus cases prompted some economies to impose fresh anti-virus restrictions.<\/p>\n

MSCI\u2019s gauge of stocks across the globe gained 0.5% by 1103 GMT.<\/p>\n

Market volatility has risen in recent weeks on worries that abundant stimulus and rising inflationary pressure in the United States could force the Federal Reserve to reduce its support in order to prevent the world\u2019s largest economy from overheating.<\/p>\n

\u201cTaper talk is the new taper,\u201d said Mike Kelly, head of multi-asset at PineBridge Investments.<\/p>\n

\u201cStructural inflation is still some way off but temporary supply-side bottlenecks will last at least until September. The Fed will try to talk their way through it and markets will get frustrated. But the more temporary inflation overshoots, the harder it will be to avoid taper talk,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

FED MUSIC \u2018STILL THE SAME\u2019<\/p>\n

But remarks on Monday from Fed Vice-Chair Richard Clarida, who pointed to the weak April jobs report as proof of slack in the economy, and from other Fed policymakers helped to reassure markets that U.S. monetary policy will remain easy.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn short, the Fed\u2019s music is still the same. It is not yet time for tapering, and will not be for a while,\u201d said Giuseppe Sersale, fund manager at Anthilia in Milan.<\/p>\n

The comments came ahead of Wednesday\u2019s release of the minutes from the Fed\u2019s policy meeting last month, which will be closely watched for any indications about where monetary policy is headed this year.<\/p>\n

Markets also shrugged off data showing Japan\u2019s economy shrank more than expected in the first quarter as a slow vaccine rollout and new COVID-19 infections hit spending.<\/p>\n

Japan\u2019s Nikkei rose 2.1%, while shares in Taiwan, which is seeing a spike in cases, rose 5.2% on news the country is in talks with the United States for a share of the vaccine doses Washington plans to send abroad.<\/p>\n

Goldman Sachs economists see the delays in global vaccine supplies as temporary and expect about half of the world\u2019s population to be vaccinated by the end of 2021.<\/p>\n

The dollar plumbed a six-year trough against the Canadian dollar and teetered near multi-month lows versus European currencies, as Treasury yields stalled amid renewed expectations the United States will not hike interest rates anytime soon.<\/p>\n

The dollar traded at $1.2208 against the euro, its weakest since Feb. 25. The Canadian dollar advanced to a six-year high of C$1.2014 against the greenback, aided by higher crude oil prices.<\/p>\n

The dollar index fell 0.35% to its lowest since Feb. 25.<\/p>\n

U.S. 10-year Treasury yields were little changed at 1.647%.<\/p>\n

Spot gold rose to its highest in nearly four months as a weaker U.S. dollar and growing inflationary pressure bolstered the metal\u2019s appeal as an inflation hedge. It was last up 0.1% at $1,867.9 per ounce. [GOL\/]<\/p>\n

The weaker dollar also boosted most industrial metals prices. Benchmark copper on the London Metal Exchange (LME) was near last week\u2019s record high, up 0.9% at $10,462 a tonne, while LME zinc was up 2.3% at $3,084.50 a tonne after surging to its highest since June 2018.<\/p>\n

Oil hit $70 a barrel for the first time since March, as expectations of demand recovery following reopenings of the European and U.S. economies offset concern over spreading coronavirus cases in Asia.<\/p>\n

Brent crude was up 0.8% at $70.03 and U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude gained 0.7% at $66.75.<\/p>\n

Bitcoin rose 4%, paring some of its steep losses since Tesla boss Elon Musk said he would stop taking bitcoin as payment due to environmental concerns. Ether jumped 6.7%.<\/p>\n

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