Global stocks head for best month on record ahead of ECB

LONDON (Reuters) - World stocks headed for their best month on record on Thursday, as encouraging early results from a COVID-19 treatment trial and expectations of more European Central Bank (ECB) stimulus later in the day helped ease the pain of February and March.Europe saw a cautious start with oil firm Shell's first dividend cut in 80 years, a record drop in French first quarter GDP and surge in German unemployment all giving traders an excuse for some pre-ECB profit taking. [.EU]Not that it..