Stocks, oil climb after rout; euro rises on Italy budget hopes
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - World stock markets and oil prices climbed on Wednesday, with earnings and gains in tech stocks lifting shares on Wall Street, while the euro rose on hopes Italy and the European Commission would reach a compromise on a dispute over Italy's 2019 budget draft.The recovery in U.S. tech and other momentum stocks boosted the benchmark S&P 500 stock index after it fell 3.5 percent over the previous two sessions. Strong earnings from Foot Locker Inc and Gap Inc boosted consumer..