Global stock index down, dollar up after Trump tariff threats
Mexican peso, Canadian dollar slide on threat of 25% tariffs
Bitcoin loses ground, gold up slightly
Oil prices rise after selling off on Monday
Updated prices at 11:17 a.m ET/ 1617 GMT
By Sinéad Carew and Amanda Cooper
NEW YORK/LONDON, Nov 26 (Reuters) -MSCI's global equity index was down slightly on Tuesday and the U.S dollar rose after U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's pledge to put tariffs on all imports from Canada and Mexico, and extra tariffs on China.
The dollar rose against the Mexican peso MXN= and Canadian dollar CAD=EBS after Trump, citing concerns over illegal immigration and illicit drug trading, said he would put a 25% tariff on products from Mexico and Canada, and an additional 10% tariff on goods from China. He had previously threatened to slap tariffs in excess of 60% on Chinese imports.
But on Wall Street the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq were up on the day as Michael O’Rourke, chief market strategist at JonesTrading said that regarding the tariff threats, "whatever winds up happening isn't usually what the first opening offer was."
"Investors are for the time being not quite as concerned as it would've appeared on the initial headlines. It's a long way before anything is passed and Trump is giving these countries time to adjust before he takes office," said O'Rourke.
On Wall Street at 11:17 a.m., the Dow Jones Industrial Average .DJI fell 222.02 points, or 0.49%, to 44,516.82, the S&P 500 .SPX rose 14.22 points, or 0.24%, to 6,001.59 and the Nasdaq Composite .IXIC rose 79.71 points, or 0.41%, to 19,133.64.
MSCI's gauge of stocks across the globe .MIWD00000PUS fell 0.73 point, or 0.09%, to 857.02. Europe's STOXX 600 .STOXX index was down 0.56% after earlier falling 0.7%.
However, U.S. Treasury yields rose on Tuesday, as Monday's sharp bond rally lost momentum as the tariff announcement undid some of the investor optimism from Trump's selection late last week of Scott Bessent as Treasury secretary.
"It's almost as if Trump wants to remind markets who is in control, after nominating Scott Bessent as Treasury Sec - a man markets expected to cool Trump's potency," said Matt Simpson, senior market analyst at City Index.
The yield on benchmark U.S. 10-year notes US10YT=RR rose 5.5 basis points to 4.318%, from 4.263% late on Monday while the 30-year bond US30YT=RR yield rose 4.6 basis points to 4.4932%.
The 2-year note US2YT=RR yield, which typically moves in step with interest rate expectations, rose 3.7 basis points to 4.289%, from 4.252% late on Monday.
In currencies, the Mexican peso < MXN=> weakened 1.73% versus the dollar to 20.698 and the Canadian dollar CAD= weakened 0.64% versus the greenback to 1.41 per dollar.
The Chinese yuan CNH= weakened 0.21% against the greenback to 7.26 per dollar.
But against the Japanese yen JPY=, the dollar weakened 0.4% to 153.6 after initially strengthening against the currency following Trump's tariff remarks.
Oil prices rose on Tuesday as investors eyed OPEC+ discussions on output and weighed the potential impact of Trump's planned trade tariffs on Mexico and Canada.
U.S. crude CLc1 rose 0.87% to $69.54 a barrel and Brent LCOc1 rose to $73.56 per barrel, up 0.75% on the day.
Bitcoin BTC= fell 0.38% to $93,331.00, adding to Monday's losses after last week hitting a record high at $99,830. The token had benefited from speculation of an easier regulatory environment for cryptocurrencies under Trump.
In precious metals, gold prices were caught in a tug-of-war, dipping to a week low as safe-haven demand softened on optimism over a potential Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire, while concern over Ukraine and Trump's tariff plans added some support.
Spot gold XAU= rose 0.19% to $2,630.12 an ounce.
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Reporting by Amanda Cooper in London, Sinéad Carew in New York, Kevin Buckland in Tokyo and Ankur Banerjee in Singapore; Additional reporting by Stella Qiu; Editing by Bernadette Baum, Mark Potter and Jonathan Oatis
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