NEW YORK Hopes for a thaw in the U.S.-China trade war helped a gauge of global stocks rise on Friday despite a tepid performance on Wall Street, though caution over pending American tariffs on Chinese goods put the yuan on track for its biggest monthly decline in 25 years. | Video
* China's yuan on track for biggest monthly decline since 1994
* China's yuan on track for biggest monthly decline since 1994
NEW YORK U.S. and European shares advanced on Thursday and Treasury yields ticked higher as China struck a hopeful tone on trade relations with the United States and as Italy appeared close to forming a new government and resolving its political crisis.
* Argentina peso recovers from tumble on plan to reprofile debt
* Gold near six-year high, silver shines (Updates to open of U.S. markets, changes byline, dateline; previous LONDON)
NEW YORK A gauge of equities worldwide rose on Wednesday as data showing strong demand for oil helped subdue recession jitters, while sterling tumbled as Britain's prime minister moved to suspend parliament before the country's planned departure from the European Union.
* Graphic: World FX rates in 2019 http://tmsnrt.rs/2egbfVh (Updates to mid-afternoon in U.S. markets)
* Treasury yields pare losses after 30-year yield hits record low
Russia and Ukraine swapped dozens of prisoners on Saturday in a carefully-negotiated rapprochement that brought Western praise and could thaw a freeze in relations since Moscow's annexation of the Crimea region in 2014.