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WRAPUP 7-Global stocks little changed amid U.S. profit-taking, Europe rally, China moves

Published 2018-05-22, 02:19 p/m
Updated 2018-05-22, 02:20 p/m
WRAPUP 7-Global stocks little changed amid U.S. profit-taking, Europe rally, China moves

WRAPUP 7-Global stocks little changed amid U.S. profit-taking, Europe rally, China moves

* Wall Street mostly flat

* Oil jumps past $80 per barrel

* European shares near four-month peak, Italy bond selloff relents

* Dollar eases off highs while gold steadies

By Laila Kearney

New York, May 22 (Reuters) - World stock markets were little changed on Tuesday as Wall Street investors locked in recent gains even as European shares approached four-month peaks and China moved to further open up its economy.

Washington neared an agreement to lift its ban on U.S. firms supplying to Chinese telecoms gear maker ZTE Corp (HK:0763) 000063.SZ , sources said, while Beijing said it would steeply cut import tariffs for automobiles and car parts. L3N1ST38Q

That boosted shares of U.S. auto makers Ford F.N , General Motors (NYSE:GM) GM.N , and U.S.-listed shares of Fiat FCAU.N . .N

Europe's big carmakers Volkswagen VOWG_p.DE , BMW BMWG.DE , Daimler DAIGn.DE jumped, too. .EU

More broadly, world stock markets were mixed as investors took profit from the previous session's rally supported by a U.S.-China trade war truce. MSCI's gauge of stocks across the globe .MIWD00000PUS gained 0.21 percent.

The U.S. consumer discretionary index .SPLRCD fell 0.2 percent on disappointing reports from retailer Kohl's and homebuilder Toll Brothers, but analysts paid the reports little notice. don't think today there is any news that's particularly concerning other than disappointing guidance from Kohl's and disappointing results from Toll Brothers," said Michael James, managing director of equity trading at Wedbush Securities in Los Angeles. "I don't think it's anything other than some profit taking."

On Wall Street, the Dow Jones Industrial Average .DJI fell 67.75 points, or 0.27 percent, to 24,945.54, the S&P 500 .SPX gained 1.93 points, or 0.07 percent, to 2,734.94 and the Nasdaq Composite .IXIC added 6.68 points, or 0.09 percent, to 7,400.71.lost 0.18

European shares were up as Italian government bond yields slipped from multi-month highs after six days of steep selling tied to the growing likelihood of a government comprised of the anti-establishment 5-Star Movement and the far-right League.

Analysts said the price falls of recent days might render the debt attractive again for some. pan-European FTSEurofirst 300 index .FTEU3 rose 0.29 percent.

Meanwhile, oil prices jumped past the world benchmark of $80 a barrel to its highest since late 2014, on mounting supply concerns tied to Venezuelan crude output and a possible cut in Iranian exports that could further curb global supply. concerns were exacerbated when Washington added fresh sanctions against Venezuela following President Nicolas Maduro's disputed re-election over the weekend.

After six days of gains, the U.S. dollar retreated as Treasury yields dipped and investors sought incentives to buy after a 7 percent rally since mid-February. dollar's recent uptrend has been supported by generally upbeat U.S. economic data that has kept the Federal Reserve on track to raise interest rates at least two more times this year.

The dollar index .DXY fell 0.06 percent, with the euro EUR= down 0.13 percent to $1.1775.

Gold steadied as the dollar lost momentum, but risk appetite in the broader financial market cooled the metal's gains. gold futures GCcv1 gained 0.06 percent to $1,291.70 an ounce.

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