Stocks Tick Up While Yen Slips in Calm Before US Data

STOCK MARKET - NEW YORK. World stocks edged higher on Monday while the yen slipped as a holiday in Japan removed one source of recent volatility, with investors looking ahead to U.S. and Chinese economic data.

Investors were looking ahead to U.S. consumer price index data for July on Wednesday, which is expected to show month-on-month inflation ticked up to 0.2% after a minus 0.1% reading in June. Retail sales data is due on Thursday.