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GLOBAL MARKETS-Stocks scale fresh record high, crude oil gains

Published 2017-11-22, 04:30 p/m
Updated 2017-11-22, 04:40 p/m
© Reuters.  GLOBAL MARKETS-Stocks scale fresh record high, crude oil gains

© Reuters. GLOBAL MARKETS-Stocks scale fresh record high, crude oil gains

* MSCI's all-country world index hits new record high

* Oil prices at 2-1/2-year highs on supply fear

* Dollar falls on weak U.S. data and inflation outlook

* Bond prices rise, Fed minutes show likely December rate hike

By Herbert Lash

NEW YORK, Nov 22 (Reuters) - A gauge of global equity performance scaled fresh record highs on Wednesday, propelled by bullish growth and company earnings outlooks, while crude oil rose to the highest prices in more than two years.

Asia again led gains in global stock markets as Hong Kong's main Hang Seng index .HSI closed above 30,000 for the first time in a decade. China's H-shares index .HSCE and Japan's Nikkei share average .N225 also rose.

Shares in Europe were mixed, with Britain's main index .FTSE rising fractionally as Germany's benchmark DAX .GDAXI index and other indexes fell. The pan-European FTSEurofirst 300 index of leading regional shares .FTEU3 closed down 0.25 percent.

But MSCI's all-country world index .MIWD00000PUS of stock performance in 47 countries rose 0.31 percent as it set a new all-time high driven by investor enthusiasm for tech stocks.

Apple AAPL.O , Amazon.com AMZN.O and Verizon VZ.N pushed the global benchmark higher.

Emerging markets also rose, with MSCI's main equity benchmark climbing 0.70 percent to set a fresh six-year high .MSCIEF . Street traded mixed on subdued trading volumes before Thursday's U.S. Thanksgiving holiday.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average .DJI fell 64.65 points, or 0.27 percent, to 23,526.18. The S&P 500 .SPX lost 1.95 points, or 0.08 percent, to 2,597.08 but the Nasdaq Composite .IXIC added 4.88 points, or 0.07 percent, to 6,867.36.

The S&P technology index .SPLRCT fell 0.26 percent after two days of gains, pulled lower by a 7.2-percent drop in Hewlett Packard Enterprise HPE.N after Meg Whitman said she would leave as chief executive in February. decision by Whitman, a high-profile U.S. executive, took Wall Street by surprise but the tech-heavy Nasdaq still edged higher.

The U.S. equity market is poised for "smooth sailing" through year-end even as the ebullient mood on Wall Street signals trouble later in 2018, said Doug Ramsey, chief investment officer at The Leuthold Group LLC in Minneapolis.

However, the broad equity advance, with few lagging sectors, suggests the bull market still has room to run, Ramsey said.

"The odds that we'll be at higher highs three to four months from now are very high, though it doesn't rule out some short-term setback," he said. "I have never seen a major bull market top that looks like anything where we stand today, even compared to 1987."

Oil retreated slightly from a more than two-year high after U.S. crude stockpiles fell less than an industry group had suggested on Tuesday.

Still, U.S. crude prices remained elevated near $58 a barrel after sources familiar with the matter said the Keystone pipeline will cut deliveries by 85 percent or more through the end of November. crude CLcv1 rose $1.19 percent to settle at $58.02 a barrel. Brent LCOcv1 settled up 75 cents at $63.32.

The dollar fell, touching its lowest in more than a month against the Japanese yen and the Swiss franc, after the release of weaker-than-expected U.S. data and inflation expectations.

New orders for U.S.-made capital goods unexpectedly fell in October after three straight months of strong gains and a measure of goods orders that strips out volatile components had its biggest drop since September 2016. dollar index .DXY fell 0.74 percent, with the euro EUR= up 0.71 percent at $1.182. The Japanese yen strengthened 1.09 percent versus the greenback at 111.24 per dollar JPY= .

The euro EUR= rose to a session high against the dollar of $1.1796.

The University of Michigan's consumer sentiment report showed a decline in expectations for long-term inflation.

U.S. Treasury prices gained after the minutes from the Federal Reserve's latest meeting affirmed market expectations that the U.S. central bank will hike interest rates in December. some voting policymakers expressed concern over the inflation outlook, according to the minutes. These policymakers said they would be looking at upcoming economic data before deciding the timing of future rate rises.

Benchmark 10-year notes US10YT=RR last rose 11/32 in price to push yields down to 2.3223 percent.

U.S. gold futures for December delivery GCcv1 settled up $10.50 an ounce at $1,292.20 per ounce.

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