Global shares lose steam on weak U.S. retail sales, Brexit in focus

By Hideyuki Sano TOKYO (Reuters) - Global stocks barely moved on Thursday as soft U.S. retail sales data raised concerns about the health of the world's largest economy and risk of global recession, while sterling was volatile as negotiations on a Brexit deal continued. Both MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan and Japan's Nikkei were little changed in early trade while U.S

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