GLOBAL MARKETS-U.S. dollar hits five-year highs, stocks advance
December 03, 2014 at 15:11 PM EST
NEW YORK, Dec 3 (Reuters) - Global equity markets rose and the dollar climbed to its highest since 2009 on Wednesday as momentum grew for the European Central Bank to launch a bond-buying program and data showed U.S. economic resiliency in the face of slowing world growth.
