Dollar, stocks slip before tight US election; government yields drop
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Wall Street notches slim gains ahead of Tuesday's US election
European shares flat
Treasury yields fall as investors temper Trump victory trade
Dollar falls as Kamala Harris takes lead in Iowa poll
Markets also eye Fed rate review, China NPC meet
Oil rises on OPEC+ output hike delay
By Koh Gui Qing and Tom Wilson
NEW YORK/LONDON, Nov 4 (Reuters) -The dollar softened and stocks fell on Monday as investors treaded carefully hours before the U.S. presidential election, with a U.S. Federal Reserve interest-rate cut also expected later in the week.
In the U.S. presidential race, Democratic candidate Kamala Harris and Republican candidate Donald Trump remain virtually tied in opinion polls ahead of Tuesday's vote. It might not be clear who won for days after voting ends.
Trump's policies on immigration, tax cuts and tariffs may put upward pressure on inflation, bond yields and the dollar, analysts say, while Harris is seen as the continuity candidate.
"We are too evenly divided and polarized to suggest a red sweep," Frank Luntz, Republican consultant and pollster, told the Reuters Global Markets Forum. "The Senate looks like it will swing Republican, but the presidency and the house are simply too close to call."
MSCI's gauge of stocks across the globe .MIWD00000PUS was flat, while the dollar index =USD, which measures the greenback against a basket of currencies, was also unchanged at 103.91.
The dollar slid against a host of European and Asian currencies, losing 0.38% against the euro EUR=EBS to $1.087, and falling 0.5% against the Japanese yen JPY=EBS to 152.17. USD/
In the U.S. Treasury market, which has priced for a Trump victory in the past month that sent yields shooting higher, traders squared positions after a poll showed Harris with a surprise lead in Iowa. US/
U.S. Treasury yields fell across the board. The yield on the benchmark U.S. 10-year note fell 6.8 basis points to 4.2948% US10YT=RR.
The U.S. two-year Treasury yield fell for the first time in six days, down 3.2 bps at 4.1723% US2YT=RR.
On Wall Street, the S&P 500 Index .SPX lost 0.28%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average .DJI dropped 0.6%, and the Nasdaq Composite .IXIC fell 0.3%. .N
European stocks .STOXX lost 0.3%, despite gains in energy stocks .SXEP following a decision by OPEC+ to delay plans to increase output that pushed up oil prices.
"Tomorrow will shape the direction of the world economy and geopolitics for the next four years," Deutsche Bank analysts wrote.
They cautioned that "there remains a large degree of uncertainty around both the result, including the very tight House (of Representatives) race, and when we will know it."
RATES FOCUS
The week will also provide investors with global monetary policy catalysts. The most closely watched of a slew of rate decisions is the Fed, while decisions are also due from the Bank of England, the Reserve Bank of Australia, Sweden's Riksbank and Norway's Norges Bank.
Markets are leaning toward a 25-bps Fed rate cut. FEDWATCH
"Based on current data, we see no reason for (the Federal Open Market Committee) to rush through rate cuts," said analysts at ANZ.
"The election and uncertainty over the future fiscal path also support arguments for caution in recalibrating monetary policy."
Earlier, MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan .MIAPJ0000PUS rose 0.7%, recovering from its fall to a five-week low on Friday.
This week's meeting of China's powerful National People's Congress standing committee is at the top of investors' radar.
The NPC meets from Monday to Friday, and any further details on a raft of recently announced stimulus measures are in focus.
Chinese blue-chip stocks .CSI300 gained 1.4%, with the Shanghai Composite Index .SSEC up 1.2%.
Reuters reported that at the NPC meeting China is considering approving the issuance of more than 10 trillion yuan ($1.4 trillion) in extra debt in the next few years to revive its fragile economy, a fiscal package that is expected to be further bolstered if Trump wins the election.
The Bank of England, which meets on Thursday, is expected to ease rates by 25 bps. Its decision has been complicated by a sell-off in gilts following the Labour government's budget last week.
Sterling GBP=D3 nudged 0.3% higher to $1.295, helped by a weaker dollar. It fell 0.3% last week.
Oil prices rose after OPEC+ said on Sunday it would delay a planned December output hike by one month. Brent futures LCOc1 rose 3.1% to $75.34. U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude CLc1 added 3.2% to $71.73. O/R
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Reporting by Tom Wilson in London and Koh Gui Qing in New York
Additional reporting by Rae Wee in Singapore
Editing by Gareth Jones, Ros Russell, Matthew Lewis and Rod Nickel
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