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GLOBAL MARKETS-Stocks rebound as Italian risk ebbs

GLOBAL MARKETS-Stocks rebound as Italian risk ebbs

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* World stocks rebound after Italy-driven selloff

* Italian bonds, stocks bounce on hope vote may be averted

* Euro off 10-month lows vs dollar; bounces vs yen, franc

By Trevor Hunnicutt

NEW YORK, May 30 (Reuters) – Global stocks staged a recovery on Wednesday, buoyed by optimism that Italy may avoid a potentially damaging general…

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RPT-EMERGING MARKETS-Stocks struggle higher but dollar puts pressure on FX

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By Karin Strohecker

LONDON, Feb 19 (Reuters) – Emerging stocks clawed their way slightly higher on Monday though currencies came under some pressure after the dollar found its footing, with South Africa in focus as markets awaited a cabinet reshuffle ahead of Wednesday’s budget.

MSCI’s overall emerging markets index climbed 0.2 percent. The benchmark has recovered half the losses sustained in the recent correction when emerging stocks tumbled more than 10 percent over nine days after worries a rise in U.S. inflation could boost dollar funding costs.

Stocks performed mixed on a country-by-country level. Bourses in South Korea, Turkey and Poland gained, but stocks in Moscow and South Africa slipped. Trading was thin with many bourses across Asia closed for the lunar new year holiday.

Currencies came under some pressure as the dollar extended gains for a second day against a basket of major currencies.

“What is most important for emerging markets is not to see a meltdown of developed market equities, or very sharp moves in the dollar in the direction of the dollar re-strengthening, or a very significant repricing of market implied expectations about future Fed hikes,” said Cristian Maggio at TD Securities.

South African markets have been on a tear in recent days, fuelled by hopes that a change in the political leadership could re-invigorate the continent’s most industrialised economy.

However, while new President Cyril Ramaphosa’s maiden state of the union address on Friday pushed the rand initially to its strongest level in three years, the currency turned softer in late trading and extended the losses on Monday, weakening 0.2 percent against the dollar.

“On the whole there were more positives than negatives (in Ramaphosa’s speech), but we are at the point where a lot of the benefit of the doubt has been given to South Africa and Ramaphosa and now he will need to start delivering,” said TD Securities Maggio.

“The budget which is due this week will be an important milestone to measure what the tenure of Ramaphosa will be like.”

Investors are waiting to see if Finance Minister Malusi Gigaba will present the budget on Wednesday or will be on his way out in an much anticipated cabinet reshuffle.

Local benchmark 10 year yields were within a blink of 8 percent yield, their lowest in 2-1/2 year. Data showed that offshore investors had been net buyers of stocks and bonds last week.

Meanwhile in Latvia, Prime Minister Maris Kucinskis said the central bank chief should resign following his detention by the anti-corruption agency.

Governor Ilmars Rimsevics, who also sits on the ECB Governing Council, was detained by Latvia’s anti-corruption agency on Sunday.

Latvia’s stocks fell 1.3 percent.

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Reporting and graphic by Karin Strohecker; Additional reporting by Claire Milhench; Editing by Robin Pomeroy

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GLOBAL MARKETS-Stocks tumble anew amid bond yield pressure

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GLOBAL MARKETS-Stocks tumble anew amid bond yield pressure

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* MSCI world stocks index in biggest 2-day sell off in 6 months Dollar off 3-yr low as U.S. yields steady at near 4-yr high

By Herbert Lash

NEW YORK, Jan 30 (Reuters) – World stocks declined in their biggest two-day dive in almost six months on Tuesday as tumbling oil prices and a jump in global borrowing costs cooled the year’s euphoric start in financial markets.

Lackluster German inflation curbed a rise in U.S. Treasury yields – the benchmark for world lending rates – after they touched their strongest level in nearly four years overnight at 2.733 percent.

Stocks on Wall Street shed almost 1 percent, led by a decline in energy shares amid ongoing evidence of rising U.S. crude output.

A plunge in healthcare-related companies also pulled stocks lower after Amazon.com, Berkshire Hathaway and JPMorgan said they plan to form a venture to cut costs for their U.S. employees.

The S&P energy sector fell 1.77 percent and healthcare tumbled 1.55 percent, the second-biggest decline among the 11 major sectors.

Health insurer UnitedHealth and drugmaker Pfizer were among the top five decliners in the S&P 500, falling 3.3 percent and 2.6 percent, respectively.

Pfizer had risen about 2 percent in pre-market trading after the company’s quarterly results and full-year forecasts beat expectations.

Investors initially were spooked by the two-day decline on Wall Street, which prompted a flight to the safety of U.S. government bonds, said Gennadiy Goldberg, interest rates strategist, at TD Securities in New York.

But the Treasury price rally tapered off as investors readied for President Donald Trump’s first State of the Union address to Congress later on Tuesday, a Federal Reserve statement on Wednesday and a jobs report on Friday that serves as a barometer of the U.S. economy.

The Fed will be watched for comments that could quicken the pace of expected interest rate hikes this year as the inflation outlook has firmed in recent readings.

“Investors are getting a bit worried about inflation, which has led some people to believe that the Fed might be more aggressive when it comes to raising rates,” said Robert Pavlik, chief investment strategist at SlateStone Wealth.

“Despite this selloff, all indications point to a firming economy and I do expect to see some bargain hunters step in soon,” Pavlik said.

On Wall Street, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 294.98 points, or 1.12 percent, to 26,144.5. The S&P 500 lost 24.69 points, or 0.87 percent, to 2,828.84 and the Nasdaq Composite dropped 49.97 points, or 0.67 percent, to 7,416.54.

The pan-European FTSEurofirst 300 index lost 0.73 percent and MSCI’s gauge of stocks across the globe shed 0.86 percent.

Benchmark 10-year notes fell 4/32 in price to yield 2.7142 percent.

The dollar reversed Monday’s gains. After six straight weekly declines, the dollar index was on track to fall about 3.4 percent for the month, which would be its biggest monthly fall since March 2016.

The dollar index fell 0.03 percent, with the euro up 0.07 percent to $1.239. The Japanese yen strengthened 0.06 percent versus the greenback at 108.92 per dollar.

Brent crude futures fell 90 cents to $68.56 a barrel, while West Texas Intermediate futures slid $1.28 to $64.28 a barrel.

Expectations for U.S. crude inventories to rise for the first time in 11 weeks may also be keeping oil under pressure, according to a preliminary poll by Reuters on Monday.

“The global trend seems to be indicating more oil is coming into the market despite best efforts by the Saudis and Russians to curtail output,” said John Kilduff, partner at Again Capital LLC in New York.

Reporting by Herbert Lash; Editing by Nick Zieminski

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EMERGING MARKETS-Stocks on longest losing streak since Sept, rand rocked again * EM stocks fall for third session despite China, CEE gains * Rand hits one-year low as talk of Treasury resignation swirls…

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GLOBAL MARKETS-Stocks dip on China fears, warning to France

* China growth data, French rating threat weigh* Government bonds, dollar riseBy Caroline ValetkevitchNEW YORK, Oct 18 (Reuters) - World stocks slipped on Tuesday and government bonds rose as slower-than-expected Chinese growth and a warning to France about keeping its top credit rating turned investors cautious.The warning from ratings agency Moody's compounded investor jitters after comments this week by Germany's finance minister, who said he saw no definitive solution on the euro zone debt crisis right away.The MSCI world equity index was down 0.6 percent, paring earlier losses as U.S. stocks turned modestly higher. The world index is still up roughly 11 percent from a 15-month low earlier this month.U.S. stocks' gains were led by the financial sector after major banks reported quarterly results, including Bank of America . The second-largest U.S. bank by assets rose 6.8 percent to $6.44, while shares of Goldman Sachs were up 2 percent at $98.90 even after it posted a wider-than-expected quarterly loss.The Dow Jones industrial average was up 21.19 points, or 0.19 percent, at 11,418.19. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index was up 5.21 points, or 0.43 percent, at 1,206.07. The Nasdaq Composite Index was up 3.75 points, or 0.14 percent, at 2,618.67.European stocks dipped 0.2 percent while emerging stocks lost 2.3 percent."Risk aversion came back because everybody is focused on Europe," said Suvrat Prakash, interest rate strategist at BNP Paribas in New York. "It seems that people are not counting on the European Union summit," for a solution on the euro zone's fiscal problems.Moody's cautioned it may slap a negative outlook on France's Aaa credit rating in the next three months if costs from helping to bail out banks and other euro zone members stretch its budget too thin.Optimism over a key European Union summit on Oct. 23 waned after German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble said on Monday that even though European governments would adopt a five-point platform to address the crisis, a definitive solution would not be reached at the summit.In Asia, China's gross domestic product growth eased to 9.1 percent in July-September at an annual rate, slightly below forecasts of 9.2 percent, indicating the world's second-largest economy expanded at its slowest pace since the second quarter of 2009.U.S. Treasuries edged higher, pushing benchmark yields to their lowest in two weeks.Benchmark 10-year Treasury prices rose 13/32 in price to yield 2.11 percent compared with 2.18 percent late on Monday. Yields fell as low as 2.08 percent, their lowest since Oct 7.The French/German 10-year government bond yield spread widened to a euro era record of 101 basis points. French debt also underperformed its triple-A rated peer the Netherlands.Brent crude oil prices were lower, while the dollar gained 0.4 percent against a basket of major currencies. The euro fell 0.3 percent to $1.3701.After the U.S. stock market's close on Tuesday, Apple was due to report results. Its shares were down 0.1 percent at $419.40.