* European shares stall after gains for Asia and Wall Street * Sterling shuffles higher as BoE holds rates in tight call * Traders pare back bets of Fed cut in December * Gold claws back above $4,000 an ounce (Updates after BoE holds rates and ahead of US market open) By Marc Jones LONDON, Nov 6 (Reuters) - European...

TORONTO (Reuters) -Canadian economic activity expanded at a slower pace in October as a measure of prices edged higher, Ivey Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) data showed on Thursday. The seasonally adjusted index fell to 52.4 last month from 59.8 in September. The Ivey PMI measures the month to month variation in economic activity as indicated by a panel of purchasing...

* Policymakers voted 5-4 to keep rates at 4% * Analysts had expected a 6-3 split in favour of no move Focus turns to Nov 26 UK budget By Joice Alves and Naomi Rovnick LONDON, Nov 6 (Reuters) - Investors are counting on the Bank of England lowering borrowing costs in December after its tight vote to leave rates unchanged...

Nov 6 (Reuters) - Canada's main stock index was little changed on Thursday, as higher commodity prices helped offset broader market caution following the benchmark's strongest session in three weeks. At 9:30 a.m. ET, Toronto's S&P/TSX composite index was down 0.09% to 30,075.09 points. ...