GLOBAL MARKETS-Stocks rally, while oil and dollar ease on Middle East peace hopes

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* Hopes of Strait of Hormuz opening lift risk assets * Nikkei surges to record high, U.S. stock futures gain * Dollar stumbles as investors move out of safe haven; oil slides * Conflicting messages on

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