Global shares flat, US yields fall as strong earnings allay election worries
S&P 500 and Nasdaq trade higher
European shares gain
Sentiment helped by earnings reports
Benchmark 10-year US yields retreat
Dollar slips, gold rises
Updates prices throughout, recasts first paragraph, adds background in paragraphs 9-16
By Chibuike Oguh
NEW YORK, Oct 24 (Reuters) -Global shares were flat in choppy trading on Thursday, while U.S. Treasury yields and strong corporate results allayed worries over upcoming U.S. elections and rate cuts.
Tesla TSLA.O jumped 19% after CEO Elon Musk provided on Wednesday a forecast for robust car sales growth next year that reassured investors.
The benchmark S&P 500 and the Nasdaq traded slightly higher, with gains in consumer discretionary stocks and losses in materials and industrials equities.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average .DJI fell 0.48% to 42,310.36, the S&P 500 .SPX rose 0.11% to 5,803.54 and the Nasdaq Composite .IXIC rose 0.55% to 18,377.64.
European shares .STOXX gained 0.03%, ending a streak of three consecutive losses amid positive results from companies including Renault RENA.PA, Unilever ULVR.L and Hermes HRMS.PA. MSCI's gauge of stocks across the globe .MIWD00000PUS eased 0.02% to 844.16.
"Markets have traded lower over the past three or four days as a bit of a pause after a huge surge, with most of the equity indexes still trading rather near their all-time highs." said Michael Farr, president and chief executive at Farr, Miller & Washington.
"Perhaps the Fed isn't going to be lowering rates quite as extensively and quickly as (investors) hope. However, the real bottom line is the economy doing OK and earnings season is coming on with reasonable gains," Farr added.
Traders are pricing in a near-92% chance of a 25-basis-point cut at the Federal Reserve's November meeting, according to the CME Group's FedWatch Tool. Benchmark 10-year note yields US10YT=RR were last down 4.4 basis points at 4.045% after reaching 4.26% on Wednesday, the highest since July 26.
The U.S. dollar slipped as data supported views for a slower pace of rate cuts by the Fed. The number of Americans filing claims for unemployment aid unexpectedly fell to 227,000 last week, suggesting a more resilient labor market.
The greenback weakened 0.62% against the Japanese yen JPY=EBS to 151.8. The euro EUR=EBS was up 0.2% at $1.0802, while the sterling GBP=EBS strengthened 0.27% to $1.2958.
The dollar index =USD, which measures the greenback against a basket of currencies including the yen and the euro, fell 0.25% to 104.18.
Gold prices rose to near-record highs amid safe-haven demand from persistent geopolitical concerns and as investors sought safety from close U.S. elections on Nov. 5.
Spot gold XAU= rose 0.44% to $2,729.58 an ounce. U.S. gold futures GCc1 rose 0.54% to $2,729.00 an ounce.
Oil prices fell by about 1% in volatile trade on worries that slow economic growth in Europe could reduce energy demand.
Brent LCOc1 futures fell 0.79% to $74.38 a barrel, while U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude CLc1 slipped 0.88% to $70.16.
"The volatility from things like elections and geopolitical events around the globe tends to add to market volatility, but they don't tend to be significant over longer periods of time in terms of moving share prices," Farr said.
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Reporting by Chibuike Oguh in New York; editing by David Evans and Rod Nickel
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