GLOBAL MARKETS-Stocks rise as investors look past mixed data; oil jumps

(Adds late prices, oil market details) * Wall Street shrugs off discouraging data * Dollar dips after Fed minutes defer rate hike bets * Oil tops $66 By Michael Connor NEW YORK, May 21 (Reuters) - Equity markets inched ahead on Thursday, with investors brushing aside mixed economic data in Europe and the United States, while the dollar slipped after a three-day rally and U.S. Treasury yields declined. Oil prices rallied almost 3 percent, with Brent crude topping $66 a