World stocks hit 6-week low; euro falls on Dexia
LONDON (Reuters) – World stocks hit their lowest in six weeks on Wednesday and crude prices fell after and manufacturing in regional heavyweight Germany contracted for a second straight month in November, and at a faster rate, as export demand slumped. Safe-haven U.S. Treasuries, German Bunds and gold were in demand as investors fled riskier assets. “The souffle we hoped we were going to eat is collapsing in front of us. We had hoped for a soft China’s November factory activity shrank the most in 32 months, reigniting worries of an abrupt slowdown in the world’s second largest economy. …