China outperforms Asian shares on solid trade data, BOE in focus

Stocks consolidate record highs, pound ground down by BoE By Marc Jones LONDON (Reuters) - World stocks took a breather on Thursday after a strong few weeks, while the pound lost ground as the Bank of England edged towards rate cuts and a swooning Japanese yen prompted more intervention talk in Tokyo. The pan-European STOXX 600 was consolidating two straight record highs, although London's FTSE set a new one after the BoE [.EU] and Spain was lively too as bank …