LONDON—Global shares got a tech boost to help tee up a third straight week of gains on Friday, despite growing inflation concerns, while the dollar dipped and oil prices bounced off their lows. MSCI’s broadest gauge of global shares was up 0.1 percent, 1.4 percent higher on the week and just 0.8 percent off its all-time high. Europe’s top markets were all up, with the biggest, Britain’s FTSE 100, up 0.4 percent. That followed gains in Asia, where Japan’s Nikkei advanced 0.3 percent, led by the technology sector, and equity bulls were also comforted by news that heavily indebted Chinese property firm China Evergrande Group had made a surprise interest payment, averting a default for now. The risk-on tone came despite growing investor concern that persistent inflation could force central bankers to tighten monetary policy at a point where global economic growth remains fragile. Data on Friday showed euro zone …
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