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U.S. bucks broader equity weakness on trade hopes, dollar gains

Published 2019-09-25, 12:12 p/m
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* Wall St hits session high on Trump trade comments

* Dollar recovers after dropping on impeachment inquiry

* Oil falls as U.S. inventories rise

By Herbert Lash

NEW YORK, Sept 25 (Reuters) - The U.S. bucked weakness in other world stock markets and the dollar rebounded on Wednesday after President Donald Trump said a trade deal with China could happen sooner than expected.

A measure of global equity market performance fell and investors turned to safe-haven assets after House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Tuesday the Democratic-led chamber was launching an official impeachment inquiry of Trump.

But European shares cut losses and U.S. stock indexes turned higher early in the session after Trump said a trade deal with China could happen sooner than expected. made the remarks to reporters a day after delivering a stinging rebuke to China's trade practices at the United Nations General Assembly, saying he would not accept a "bad deal" in U.S.-China trade negotiations.

Some market participants still expressed optimism in Wall Street's fortitude.

"As long as the economy remains firm, we don't think the drama out of Washington will impact the staying power of this bull market," said Ryan Detrick, senior market strategist at LPL Financial.

Euro zone bond yields rose and U.S. Treasury yields rebounded after seven straight sessions of losses on strong housing data and as investors took a cautious stance about Trump's possible impeachment.

A summary of a July phone call showed that Trump had asked Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy to investigate his political rival, former vice president Joe Biden, and a company that employed Biden's son. impeachment is not a big issue until you get into a recession. It's a big deal politically, but it's not a big deal economically," said Stan Shipley, fixed income strategist, at Evercore ISI in New York.

Sales of new U.S. single-family homes rebounded more than expected in August, the latest sign that the struggling housing market was starting to get a lift from lower mortgage rates. dollar also benefited from a sharp pullback for the pound GBP= amid worries that Brexit and general election related risks showed no signs of going away soon. dollar index .DXY rose 0.63%, with the euro EUR= down 0.59% to $1.0953. The Japanese yen JPY= weakened 0.63% versus the greenback at 107.76 per dollar.

On Wall Street, the Dow Jones Industrial Average .DJI rose 147.79 points, or 0.55%, to 26,955.56. The S&P 500 .SPX gained 7.38 points, or 0.25%, to 2,973.98 and the Nasdaq Composite .IXIC added 19.81 points, or 0.25%, to 8,013.43.

The pan-European STOXX 600 index .STOXX lost 0.70% and MSCI's gauge of stocks across the globe .MIWD00000PUS shed 0.23%.

Oil prices fell for a second day as U.S. crude inventories unexpectedly surged 2.4 million barrels in the week to Sept. 20, according to the Energy Information Administration, instead of declining 249,000 barrels as analysts expected. EIA/S

Brent crude futures LCOc1 fell $1.14 to $61.96, a 1.8% drop. U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude CLc1 fell 96 cents to $56.33 a barrel, a 1.6% loss.

Benchmark 10-year U.S. Treasury notes US10YT=RR fell 17/32 in price to yield 1.6921%.

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