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By David Randall
NEW YORK, June 4 (Reuters) - World equity markets dipped
Thursday after a three-day rally and European government bonds
edged higher as worse than expected U.S. economic data pointed
to a long road to recovery from the coronavirus pandemic.
Market optimism over an economic rebound has helped push
global equities to three-month highs and overshadowed concerns
ranging from rising tensions between the U.S. and China and the
worst period of civil unrest in the U.S. in decades.
"While the stock market has rebounded dramatically from the
March lows on hopes of a faster-than-expected economic recovery,
the stock market seems to be ignoring trade tensions with China.
This is one of the biggest risks for the stock market in the
near-term," said Mark Tepper, president and chief executive of
Strategic Wealth Partners.
MSCI's gauge of stocks across the globe .MIWD00000PUS shed
0.30% following broad declines in Europe and modest gains in
Asia.
In morning trading on Wall Street, the Dow Jones Industrial
Average .DJI fell 51.49 points, or 0.2%, to 26,218.4, the S&P
500 .SPX lost 10.32 points, or 0.33%, to 3,112.55 and the
Nasdaq Composite .IXIC dropped 20.36 points, or 0.21%, to
9,662.56.
The euro rose and European government bonds gained after the
European Central Bank (ECB) ramped up its Pandemic Emergency
Purchase Programme (PEPP) to 1.35 trillion euros from 750
billion euros ($843 billion), extend it until June 2021 at the
earliest and pledged to reinvest the proceeds until at least the
end of 2022. /FRX
This was beyond what most analysts had predicted and
followed a domestic stimulus package from Germany on Wednesday
"This reflects the “we will do what it takes” mentality of
central bankers," said Neil Birrell, Chief Investment Officer at
Premier Miton, adding it was "likely to keep markets happy."
In the U.S., state unemployment benefits totaled a
seasonally adjusted 1.877 million for the week ended May 30,
down from 2.126 million the prior week, the Labor Department
reported on Thursday. Economists polled by Reuters had forecast
1.8 million initial claims in the latest week
Benchmark 10-year notes US10YT=RR last fell 9/32 in price
to yield 0.7903%, from 0.761% late on Wednesday.
Concerns that a prolonged recession would build up
inventories pushed oil prices lower
U.S. crude CLc1 recently fell 1.56% to $36.71 per barrel
and Brent LCOc1 was at $39.46, down 0.83% on the day.
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