GLOBAL MARKETS-Factory data lifts stocks, dollar gains on U.S. election jitters

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* Equities rise on strong U.S., China, euro zone factory
data
* Dollar, gold gain on uncertainty over U.S. election
* Crude rebounds after early virus demand concerns

By Herbert Lash
NEW YORK, Nov 2 (Reuters) - Global equity markets rebounded
on Monday as robust U.S., China and euro zone factory data
offset lockdowns in Europe to combat record COVID-19 cases,
while the dollar and gold rose on U.S. presidential election
jitters.
U.S. manufacturing activity accelerated more than expected
in October, with new orders jumping to their highest in nearly
17 years, while Chinese factory activity expanded the fastest in
a decade and euro zone manufacturing also sped up.
The Purchasing Managers' Index surveys eased growing
concerns about global growth in the face of a resurgent pandemic
that had pushed MSCI's world equity index down almost 8% over
the prior three weeks.
Still, the dollar hit one-month highs against a basket of
peers as risk sentiment soured on uncertainty about the U.S.
election and as expected volatility in major currencies rose to
its highest level since April.
U.S. Treasury yields mostly drifted lower as investors
braced for an eventful week with central bank meetings by the
Federal Reserve, Reserve Bank of Australia and Bank of England,
as well as the release of U.S. jobs data for October.
"While Election Day looms, investors seem to be focused on
potential central bank moves" as the RBA on Tuesday and BofE on
Thursday will likely enhance monetary easing programs, said
Yousef Abbasi, global market strategist at StoneX Group Inc in
New York.
Driving equity markets were moves into value stocks in the
beaten-down financial and energy sectors, while tech-led growth
stocks lagged, which Abbasi said was part of a global trend.
MSCI's global benchmark .MIWD00000PUS of equity
performance in 49 countries advanced 1.24% to 557.84 and its
index for emerging markets stocks .MSCIEF rose 1.02%.
Europe's broad FTSEurofirst 300 index .FTEU3 closed up
1.59% at 1,346.48, while on Wall Street the Dow Jones Industrial
Average .DJI rose 1.6%, the S&P 500 .SPX gained 1.23% and
the Nasdaq Composite .IXIC added 0.42%.
No immediate winner in the presidential race could shake
markets. Republican President Donald Trump trails Democratic
challenger Joe Biden in national opinion polls, but polls in the
swing states that will decide the election show a closer race.

Treasuries will likely sell off in a clear Democratic
victory, while the dollar will rally if Republicans win, said
Solita Marcelli, Americas chief investment officer at UBS Global
Wealth Management, in a note.
"Sometimes these markets will give clearer signals than
equity markets," she said.
The VIX volatility index .VIX , which rose to its highest in
four months last week, eased more than 2% to 37.13.
Crude prices rebounded to settle more than 2% higher after
earlier trading sharply lower as renewed coronavirus lockdowns
in Europe and parts of the United States have dimmed the outlook
for fuel consumption, keeping crude prices well under $40 a
barrel.
Brent crude futures LCOc1 rose $1.03 to settle at $38.97 a
barrel. U.S. crude futures CLc1 settled up $1.02 at $36.81 a
barrel.
Brent earlier had slumped to $35.74 a barrel, a level unseen
since late May. U.S. crude slid as low as $33.64. O/R
More than 46 million people have been infected globally and
over 1.2 million have died from COVID-19, according to a Reuters
tally. The United States leads the world with more than 9
million cases and 230,000 deaths. In currencies, the British pound GBP= fell 0.17% to
$1.2919 after hitting its lowest in almost four weeks on news of
a new national lockdown. The euro EUR= was last down 0.08%, at
$1.1638.
The Japanese yen JPY= weakened 0.08% versus the greenback
to 104.75 per dollar.
Spot gold prices XAU= rose 0.92% to $1,895.21 an ounce.
U.S. gold futures GCv1 settled up 0.7% at $1,892.50.
Yields on the 10-year U.S. Treasury US10YT=RR note fell
1.6 basis points to 0.8434%.