Equities rise with dollar, strong US payrolls dampen rate cut hopes
US added 254,000 jobs in September vs 140,000 estimates
Dollar hits highest level since August
US 10-year yield rises, oil rises on Mid East fears
Updated prices at 11:16 a.m ET/ 1516 GMT
By Sinéad Carew and Amanda Cooper
NEW YORK/ LONDON, Oct 4 (Reuters) - MSCI's global equities index rose on Friday while thedollar climbed to its highest level since August after data showed the U.S. economy added far more jobs than expected in September, erasingexpectations for another big Federal Reserve ratecut.
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics said 254,000 workers were added to nonfarm payrolls last month, well above the 140,000 economist estimate, while August's number was revised higherandthe 4.1% unemployment rate was lower than expected.
U.S. Treasury yieldsrose to their highest level since mid-August andtraders ditched bets that the Fed will cut rates by half a percentage pointnext month.
"The number was phenomenal. It came in well above expectations. The unemployment rate came down and it shows the economy is strong," Gene Goldman, chief investment officer at Cetera Investment Management.
"All the data this week suggested the economy is strong. This puts a final nail in the coffin for the Fed."
Bringing further relief for U.S. economy was the reopening on Friday of U.S. East Coast and Gulf Coast ports after dockworkers and port operators reached a wage deal to settle the industry's biggest work stoppage in nearly half a century. However, clearing cargo backlog is expected to take time .
On Wall Street at 11:16 a.m. the Dow Jones Industrial Average .DJI rose 43.15 points, or 0.11%, to 42,055.81, the S&P 500 .SPX rose 16.74 points, or 0.29%, to 5,716.68 and the Nasdaq Composite .IXIC rose 106.22 points, or 0.59%, to 18,023.55.
But oil prices were still rising as flaring tensions in the Middle Eastraised the riskof serious disruptions to global crude supply.
Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Friday that Iran and its regional allieswill not back down while Israel vowed to respond after Iran fired missiles at it on Tuesday, partly in retaliation for Israel's killing of a key Hezbollah figure who turned the group into a powerful armed and political force with reach across the Middle East.
U.S. crude CLc1 rose 1.22% to $74.63 a barrel and Brent LCOc1 rose to $78.45 per barrel, up 1.07% on the day.
Incurrencies, the dollar index =USD, which measures the greenback against a basket of currencies including the yen and the euro, rose 0.57% to 102.49.
The euro EUR= was down 0.53% at $1.0972 while against the Japanese yen JPY=, the dollar strengthened 1.03% to 148.44.
Sterling GBP= weakened 0.1% to $1.3111, surrendering earlier gains made after Bank of England chief economist Huw Pill said high interest rates were not a key reason for weakness in British business investment.
In Treasuries, the yield on benchmark U.S. 10-year notes US10YT=RR rose 10.2 basis points to 3.952%, from 3.85% late on Thursday while the 30-year bond US30YT=RR yield rose 6 basis points to 4.2395%.
The 2-year note US2YT=RR yield, which typically moves in step with interest rate expectations, rose 17.7 basis points to 3.8906%, from 3.714% late on Thursday.
A closely watched part of the U.S. Treasury yield curve measuring the gap between yields on two- and 10-year Treasury notes US2US10=RR, seen as an indicator of economic expectations, was at a positive 5.9 basis points.
In precious metals, spot gold XAU= rose 0.4% to $2,666.79 an ounce. U.S. gold futures GCc1 rose 0.37% to $2,667.00 an ounce.
Oil price wary amid prospects of war escalation https://reut.rs/3zM4k0O
Monthly change in US jobs https://reut.rs/47QAQeR
Reporting by Sinéad Carew in New York, Amanda Cooper in London, Rae Wee in Singapore and Davide Barbuscia in New York; Editing by Jacqueline Wong, Andrew Heavens, Chizu Nomiyama and Toby Chopra
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