World shares climbed to a near three-month high on Thursday.
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Euro held most of the wild three-cent gains it had seen in the wake of Italy's referendum.
Asian stocks saw their strongest day for 2 weeks, and Europe's main bourses struggled into positive territory.
Italian stocks broadly languished below the water line but the losses seen as the scale of Renzi's defeat in Sunday's referendum emerged were more than halved.
* Italian shares, Monte Paschi rebound after early losses* Euro down but rebounds from 20-month low near $1.05By Jamie McGeeverLONDON, Dec 5 (Reuters) - Italian shares rose on Monday as investors bet against an immediate snap election in Italy following Prime Minister Matteo Renzi&aposs resignation after defeat in a constitutional reform referendum.Markets had been jolted by the scale of Renzi&apo
Global stocks, oil and the dollar eased on Friday with investors took a cautious stance before Italy's referendum