Stocks climb to records with Micron rally; oil prices fall
U.S. stocks up in afternoon trading
European shares set record closing high
Swiss National Bank cuts rates by 25 basis points
Updates to 3 p.m. ET/1900 GMT
By Caroline Valetkevitch
NEW YORK, Sept 26 (Reuters) -A widely followed global stock index and the S&P 500 hit record highs on Thursday after chipmaker Micron Technology's MU.O upbeat forecast, while oil dropped on a report that Saudi Arabia plans to dump its unofficial crude price target of $100 a barrel.
Micron's forecast late on Wednesday bolstered optimism about demand for chips used for artificial intelligence computing. Micron's shares were up more than 15%, while an index of semiconductors .SOX was up 3.6%.
U.S. Treasury yields edged higher after data showed that U.S. jobless claims unexpectedly fell in the latest week, leading traders to cut bets that the Federal Reserve will make another 50-basis point cut at its November meeting.
Last week's rate cut by the U.S. central bank was its first reduction in borrowing costs since 2020.
"There's a lot of focus on the labor market in terms of what the Fed is going to do next," said Zachary Griffiths, senior investment grade strategist at CreditSights.
Also on Thursday, revised government data showed the U.S. economy grew more quickly than initially thought in 2023. Investors anxiously await Friday's release of the core personal consumption expenditures (PCE) price index - the Fed's preferred measure of inflation.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average .DJI rose 263.68 points, or 0.63%, to 42,178.43, the S&P 500 .SPX rose 21.70 points, or 0.38%, to 5,743.88 and the Nasdaq Composite .IXIC rose 102.68 points, or 0.57%, to 18,184.89.
European shares followed China's market higher. The pan-European STOXX 600 index .STOXX closed 1.3% higher at 525.61 points, an all-time closing high. MSCI's gauge of stocks across the globe .MIWD00000PUS rose 7.42 points, or 0.88%, to 851.03 and hit a record intraday high.
In Europe, China-exposed stocks such as luxury and miners outperformed.
An official readout from a meeting of China's politburo said China would deploy "necessary fiscal spending" to meet this year's economic growth target of roughly 5%, acknowledging new problems and raising market expectations for fresh stimulus on top of measures announced this week.
Reuters reported separately that China plans to issue special sovereign bonds worth about 2 trillion yuan ($284 billion) this year primarily to stimulate consumption.
U.S. crude CLc1 fell $2.02 to settle at $67.67 a barrel and Brent LCOc1 fell $1.86 to settle at $71.60.
Saudi Arabia is preparing to abandon its unofficial price target of $100 a barrel for crude as it gets ready to increase output, the Financial Times reported on Thursday, citing people familiar with the matter.
In Treasuries, the yield on benchmark U.S. 10-year notes US10YT=RR rose 1.3 basis points to 3.794%, from 3.781% late on Wednesday.
Traders are now pricing in a 56% probability that the Fed will cut rates by 50 basis points at the conclusion of its Nov. 6-7 meeting, down from 63% before the data, according to the CME Group's FedWatch Tool.
The dollar was down in choppy trading after the U.S. data indicated a relatively healthy economy, while the Swiss franc rose after the country's National Bank cut rates.
The Swiss National Bank cut rates by 25 basis points on Thursday, choosing not to go for a larger 50-bp move that markets had seen as a possibility. It was the SNB's third such move this year.
Against the Swiss franc CHF=, the dollar weakened 0.56% to 0.846.
Elsewhere, policy doves at the European Central Bank are preparing to fight for an interest rate cut next month after a string of weaker-than-expected economic data, a move likely to meet resistance from their more conservative peers, seven sources told Reuters.
The dollar index =USD, which measures the greenback against a basket of currencies including the yen and the euro, fell 0.42% to 100.53, with the euro EUR= up 0.42% at $1.1179.
Against the Japanese yen JPY=, the dollar weakened 0.09% to 144.62.
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Additional reporting by Alun John in London and Karen Brettell in New York; Editing by Sam Holmes, Andrew Heavens, Hugh Lawson, Will Dunham and Sharon Singleton
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