Updates with U.S. markets close, oil settlement

By Chibuike Oguh

NEW YORK, July 23 (Reuters) -Global stocks edged lower after paring early gains while U.S. bond yields dropped on Tuesday as markets awaited economic data and a plethora of corporate earnings, moving past U.S. President Joe Biden's decision to end his reelection bid.

Alphabet GOOGL.O reported better-than-expected results after the closing bell, while Tesla TSLA.O saw its profit sink 45% on waning electric vehicle demand. Their results kicked off quarterly earnings season for the so-called Magnificent Seven technology megacaps that have driven recent market gains.

The U.S core personal consumption expenditures index, the Federal Reserve's preferred inflation measure, will be released on Friday. The yield on benchmark U.S. 10-year notes US10YT=RR fell 0.9 basis points to 4.251%.

"The market is in the show-me-the-money stage where it's about the earnings being delivered," said Wasif Latif, chief investment officer at Sarmaya Partners.

MSCI's gauge of stocks across the globe .MIWD00000PUS fell 0.06% to 816.37. On Wall Street, all three major indexes pared early sessions gains and finished lower, dragged down by energy and utilities stocks.

The pan-European STOXX 600 index .STOXX gained 0.13%, helped by a technology-related rally. Overnight in Asia, MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan .MIAPJ0000PUS closed 0.30% higher at 566.92.

"We've had a strong run-up so far this year and a lot of the good news up until now is baked in, whether it's earnings related or rate-cut related," Latif added.

U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris will campaign in the battleground state of Wisconsin on Tuesday after securing support from a majority of delegates to the Democratic National Convention, making her the party's presumptive nominee.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average .DJI fell 0.14% to 40,358.09, the S&P 500 .SPX lost 0.16% to 5,555.74 and the Nasdaq Composite .IXIC lost 0.06% to 17,997.35.

The dollar strengthened overall, while the yen rose for a second straight day against the greenback.

The dollar index =USD, which measures the greenback against a basket of currencies, gained 0.14% at 104.45, with the euro EUR= down 0.37% at $1.0849. The yen JPY= strengthened 0.9% against the greenback at 155.63 per dollar.

Crude oil prices fell about 2% to a six-week low on rising expectations of a ceasefire in Gaza and growing concerns about demand in China.

Brent futures LCOc1 1.7% to settle at $81.01 a barrel, while U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude (WTI)CLc1 closed 1.8% lower at $76.96.

Gold prices edged up, with spot gold XAU= added 0.43% to $2,407.87 an ounce. U.S. gold futures GCc1 gained 0.43% to $2,402.40 an ounce.

Bitcoin BTC=, which had risen on bets that a potential Trump administration would take a light-touch approach to cryptocurrency regulation, fell 3.60% at $65,698. Ethereum ETH= declined 0.48% at $3,473.

Reporting by Chibuike Oguh in New York; Editing by Chris Reese, Richard Chang and Daniel Wallis

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