Stocks stable, oil rises as wary investors eye Middle East hostilities
Oil prices rise amid Middle East tensions
Dollar hits three-week high after strong U.S. employment report
U.S. bond yields up as investors monitor Middle East conflict
Updated prices at 2:44 p.m ET/ 1844 GMT
By Sinéad Carew and Lawrence White
NEW YORK/ LONDON, Oct 2 (Reuters) -MSCI's global equities index was down slightly onWednesday while the dollar rose and oil prices pared earlier gains, as investors digested U.S. economic data and anxiouslywaitedfor Israel's response toIran's missile attack the previous day.
Oil prices rose on worries that further escalation in the Middle East could threaten oil supplies from the world's top producing region, but a large build in U.S. crude inventories limited gains.
Israel and the United States vowed retribution over Iran's biggest ever direct attack on Israel on Tuesday, when it firedmore than 180 ballistic missiles. Iran said early Wednesday that itsattack was finished barring further provocation.
The dollar index hita roughly three-week high after the ADP national employment report showed U.S. private payrolls increased more than expected in September, ahead of Friday's highly anticipated jobs data.
Longer-dated U.S. Treasury yields were higher as the data pointed to a stable labor market while Middle East tensions were also on investors minds.
"The markets are still bracing for any other geopolitical developments and settling a little after yesterday," said Matt Miskin, Co-Chief Investment Strategist at John Hancock Investment Management.
And looking at the private payrolls data, Miskin said "the bond market is looking at the next Fed meeting and saying we're probably not going to get a 50 basis point cut."
Also, a strike by 45,000 dockworkers halting shipments at U.S. East Coast and Gulf Coast ports entered its second day on Wednesday with no negotiations currently scheduled between the two sides, sources told Reuters.
On Wall Street at 02:44 p.m., the Dow Jones Industrial Average .DJI rose 43.36 points, or 0.10%, to 42,199.83, the S&P 500 .SPX rose 0.42 points, or 0.01%, to 5,709.17 and the Nasdaq Composite .IXIC rose 30.79 points, or 0.17%, to 17,941.03.
MSCI's gauge of stocks across the globe .MIWD00000PUS fell 0.56 points, or 0.07%, to 845.31. Earlier theSTOXX Europe 600 index .STOXX closedup 0.05% at 521.14.
In energy markets, U.S. crude CLc1 settled up 0.39% at $70.10 a barrel and Brent LCOc1 ended the session at $73.90 per barrel, up 0.46% on the day.
In Treasuries, the yield on benchmark U.S. 10-year notes US10YT=RR rose 4 basis points to 3.783%, from 3.743% late on Tuesday. The 30-year bond US30YT=RR yield rose 5 basis points to 4.1317% from 4.081% late on Tuesday.
The 2-year note US2YT=RR yield, which typically moves in step with interest rate expectations, rose 1.4 basis points to 3.6352%, from 3.621% late on Tuesday.
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 14.6 basis points.
In currencies, the dollar index =USD, which measures the greenback against a basket of currencies including the yen and the euro, rose 0.4% to 101.66.
While the euro EUR= was down 0.26% at $1.1038, the dollar strengthened 1.9% against the Japanese yen JPY= to 146.29.
In precious metals, spot gold XAU= fell 0.34% to $2,653.78 an ounce. U.S. gold futures GCc1 fell 1.02% to $2,640.00 an ounce.
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Reporting by Sinéad Carew in New York, Johann M Cherian in Bengaluru, Lawrence White in London and Kevin Buckland in Tokyo; Editing by Chris Reese and Nick Zieminski
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