(Updates to U.S. market close)
* Aussie dollar recovers most of Thursday's loss
* Dow Industrials up for ninth consecutive week
* WTI, Brent crude futures hit new 2019 high
By Rodrigo Campos
NEW YORK, Feb 22 (Reuters) - Stocks rose in major markets across the world on Friday on bets of progress in trade talks between China and the United States, while crude futures hit their highest level in more than three months supported by ongoing supply cuts.
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday that there was a very good chance the United States would strike a deal with China to end their trade war and that he was inclined to extend his March 1 deadline to reach an agreement. and Chinese negotiators meeting in Washington had made progress and would extend this week's round of negotiations by two days, he said.
Main stock indexes on Wall Street rose as the optimistic trade talk more than offset signs of slower growth in both U.S. earnings and the economy, with the S&P 500 posting a fourth consecutive week of gains.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average .DJI rose 181.18 points, or 0.7 percent, to 26,031.81, the S&P 500 .SPX gained 17.79 points, or 0.64 percent, to 2,792.67 and the Nasdaq Composite .IXIC added 67.84 points, or 0.91 percent, to 7,527.55.
The Dow rose for the ninth consecutive week.
Overnight, shares in Asia were buoyed by a late rally in Chinese shares, with the main blue-chip index .CSI300 rising more than 2 percent to a near seven-month high.
Emerging market stocks rose 0.73 percent after touching the highest level since August. MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan .MIAPJ0000PUS closed 0.7 percent higher, while Japan's Nikkei .N225 lost 0.18 percent.
Trade talks and a growing number of policy U-turns by global central banks have propped up equities in recent weeks, although
this week saw the first outflows from emerging market debt and equity funds since October 2018, Bank of America Merrill Lynch (NYSE:BAC) strategists said, citing EPFR data. RISING
Oil prices touched their highest level in more than three months, supported by OPEC supply cuts as well as the trade developments. New record U.S. oil supply, however, limited gains in post-settle trade.
U.S. crude CLcv1 rose 0.37 percent to $57.17 per barrel and Brent LCOcv1 was last at $67.00, down 0.1 percent on the day.
In currencies, the U.S. dollar was little changed against a basket of peers. The dollar index .DXY fell 0.05 percent, with the euro EUR= down 0.03 percent to $1.1331.
The Japanese yen strengthened 0.03 percent versus the greenback at 110.68 per dollar. Sterling GBP= was last trading at $1.3053, up 0.03 percent on the day.
The Australian dollar recovered a day after falling more than 1 percent after Reuters reported the Chinese port of Dalian had barred imports of Australian coal indefinitely. China said on Friday that imports would continue, but customs has stepped up checks on foreign cargoes. comments by Reserve Bank of Australia Governor Philip Lowe that a rate increase may be appropriate next year also helped to boost the Aussie dollar. Aussie dollar recently gained 0.56 percent versus the greenback at 0.7128.
Despite gains on risky assets, safe-haven U.S. Treasuries also gained in price. Benchmark 10-year notes US10YT=RR last rose 10/32 in price to yield 2.6536 percent, from 2.688 percent late on Thursday.
The 30-year bond US30YT=RR last rose 18/32 in price to yield 3.0159 percent, from 3.045 percent late on Thursday.
Spot gold XAU= added 0.4 percent to $1,328.20 an ounce. U.S. gold futures GCcv1 gained 0.21 percent to $1,330.60 an ounce.
Copper CMCU3 rose 1.52 percent to $6,477.00 a tonne.
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