Stocks Teeter, Euro Firm Ahead of ECB Rate Decision

Stocks Teeter, Euro Firm Ahead of ECB Rate Decision
An investor sits in front of displays showing stock information at a brokerage office in Beijing on Oct. 11, 2018. Thomas Peter/Reuters
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LONDON—Global stocks see-sawed on Thursday, as a surge in China markets on the back of revived investor confidence helped offset a more muted performance elsewhere, while the euro held steady against the dollar ahead of a European Central Bank meeting.

Chinese blue-chips staged a robust rally, with the Shanghai Composite up 3 percent in its largest daily gain in nearly two years, after a series of measures by Beijing authorities to prop up the economy and the stock market.