* Global stocks hit record high, Wall St seen opening lower
* Markets await Fed minutes for rate hike clues
* Sterling dips vs dollar after 2016 GDP growth revised down
* Graphic: World FX rates in 2017 http://tmsnrt.rs/2egbfVh
By Nigel Stephenson
LONDON, Feb 22 (Reuters) - Global stocks hit record highs on Wednesday, topping 2016's gains just two months into 2017, while the dollar rose before Federal Reserve minutes that will be scoured for clues about the next U.S. interest rate rise.
MSCI's main index of global stocks .MIWD00000PUS , which tracks share prices across 46 countries, hit a second successive record high. It has risen some 5.7 percent so far this year, beating the 5.6 percent gains of 2016.
However, Wall Street looked set to open lower, index futures suggested, and European shares edged lower after failing to maintain early gains.
The pan-European STOXX 600 index .STOXX dipped 0.1 percent on Wednesday, led lower by miners .SXPP as metals prices fell. Heavyweights Anglo American AAL.L and BHP Billiton BLT.L lost 3.6 and 2.6 percent respectively.
On the plus side, Britain's Lloyds Banking Group LLOY.L was up 3.8 percent after reporting its highest full-year profit in a decade. broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan .MIAPJ0000PUS rose 0.6 percent. Hong Kong's Hang Seng .HSI rose 1 percent but Japan's Nikkei