GLOBAL MARKETS-Stocks Hit Fresh Record on Trade Optimism, Dollar Falls

GLOBAL MARKET - NEW YORK. Global stocks hit an intraday record on Monday on hopes U.S. trade negotiations with key partners would continue to progress, while the dollar declined and was set for its worst first-half performance in more than five decades.

Canada halted its digital services tax targeting U.S. technology firms just hours before it was due to take effect, in an effort to advance stalled trade negotiations with Washington.