Stocks, Euro Edge Higher as Markets Watch Jackson Hole

Stocks, Euro Edge Higher as Markets Watch Jackson Hole
Pedestrians wait to cross a road at a junction near a giant display of stock indexes in Shanghai, China, on Aug. 3, 2022. Aly Song/Reuters
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LONDON—Share markets pushed higher and Europe’s bond markets and euro stole a breather from energy-price driven sell-offs on Thursday, as investors waited to hear the latest reaction of the world’s top central bankers to soaring inflation.

Asia had tailgated Wall Street higher overnight and Europe’s bourses did the same as oil and gas stocks made another 1.5 percent jump amid intensifying worries of a Russian gas supply crisis.