SINGAPORE/LONDON -World shares took a breather on the last trading day of the year but were heading for their best annual performance since 2019, while U.S. Treasuries are set to finish the year broadly where they started, camouflaging some wild moves for the benchmark in 2023. Shares around the world have risen sharply in the last two months of the year, as benchmark bond yields fell on the back of expectations of central bank rate cuts early in 2023. The S&P 500 closed on Thursday just 0.3 percent shy of its record closing high, reached on Jan. 3, 2022. Futures for the index are up 0.1 percent, leaving traders on edge to see whether the benchmark will reach a new peak bef...Keep on reading: Shares post best year in four, volatile Treasuries flat on year