GLOBAL MARKETS-Stocks dawdle ahead of U.S. growth data after

Global shares tracked sideways near record highs on Thursday, with the European Central Bank making no change to monetary policy, leaving investors to scrutinise U.S. growth figures ahead of Wall Street's open for direction.

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