By David Randall
NEW YORK, Oct 30 (Reuters) - Broad gains in the U.S. equity market turned global stocks higher on Tuesday after President Donald Trump said a "great deal" could be struck with China that would relieve fears of a growing trade war between the world's two largest economies.
The euro wallowed near a 10-week low of 1.1352 as the dollar climbed to a 2 1/2-month peak against a basket of the world's top six currencies. JPY=EBS .DXY /FRX
MSCI's gauge of stocks across the globe .MIWD00000PUS gained 0.31 percent. Still, the index is down nearly 10 percent for the month.
Investors remained cautious despite the modest global gains.
"At this point, nobody can say the equity market is bottoming out. Global investor sentiment remains shaky," said Yasuo Sakuma, chief investment officer at Libra Investments in Tokyo.
Market participants also kept hopes in check regarding trade.
"We don't see the trade war being resolved any time soon," said Rabobank's senior macroeconomic strategist Teeuwe Mevissen. "And it comes at a time when we see all the sentiment indicators in the euro zone but also in the U.S., too, cooling down."
Trump said during an interview with Fox News he thought there could be an agreement with China on trade, but said he had billions of dollars worth of new tariffs ready to be imposed if a deal was not possible. Dow Jones Industrial Average .DJI rose 192.43 points, or 0.79 percent, to 24,635.35, the S&P 500 .SPX gained 13.94 points, or 0.53 percent, to 2,655.19 and the Nasdaq Composite .IXIC added 37.58 points, or 0.53 percent, to 7,087.87.
The gains were broad in the U.S., with all 11 sectors of the benchmark S&P index up for the day. Trade-sensitive industrial shares rose nearly 1.2 percent in mid-morning trading.
Meanwhile, data showed the Italian economy had ground to a halt in the third quarter as both domestic demand and trade flows failed to spur growth. flat reading was the weakest since the fourth quarter of 2014 and renewed pressure on Italy's government debt in the bond markets. pan-European STOXX 600 index .STOXX lost 0.14 percent.
The chill around China and global trade left emerging- market stocks at an 18-month low, with MSCI's index .MSCIEF down for a sixth day in a row.
Oil prices fell more than 1 percent in choppy trading on signs of rising supply and concern global economic growth and fuel demand would be hit by a deepening of the U.S.-China trade dispute.
U.S. crude CLcv1 fell 1.06 percent to $66.33 per barrel and Brent LCOcv1 was last at $76.30, down 1.34 percent.
Benchmark 10-year notes US10YT=RR last fell 4/32 in price to yield 3.1 percent, from 3.087 percent late on Monday.
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