GLOBAL MARKETS-Stocks Rise on US Inflation Data, China Stimulus; Yields Dip

GLOBAL MARKET - NEW YORK/LONDON. Global stock indexes hit all-time highs on Friday after China's central bank lowered interest rates and injected liquidity into its banking system and U.S. inflation continued to ease, while Treasury yields dipped.

The yen firmed against the dollar after Japan's former defense minister Shigeru Ishiba looked set to become the next prime minister.