How are energy investors positioned?
(Adds U.S. markets open, byline, dateline; previous LONDON)
* Wall St hits session high on Trump trade comments
* Dollar recovers after dropping on impeachment inquiry
* Oil falls as U.S. inventories rise
By Herbert Lash
NEW YORK, Sept 25 (Reuters) - The U.S. bucked weakness in
other world stock markets and the dollar rebounded on Wednesday
after President Donald Trump said a trade deal with China could
happen sooner than expected.
A measure of global equity market performance fell and
investors turned to safe-haven assets after House of
Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Tuesday the
Democratic-led chamber was launching an official impeachment
inquiry of Trump.
But European shares cut losses and U.S. stock indexes turned
higher early in the session after Trump said a trade deal with
China could happen sooner than expected. Trump made the remarks to reporters a day after delivering a
stinging rebuke to China's trade practices at the United Nations
General Assembly, saying he would not accept a "bad deal" in
U.S.-China trade negotiations.
Some market participants still expressed optimism in Wall
Street's fortitude.
"As long as the economy remains firm, we don't think the
drama out of Washington will impact the staying power of this
bull market," said Ryan Detrick, senior market strategist at LPL
Financial.
Euro zone bond yields rose and U.S. Treasury yields
rebounded after seven straight sessions of losses on strong
housing data and as investors took a cautious stance about
Trump's possible impeachment.
A summary of a July phone call showed that Trump had asked
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy to investigate his
political rival, former vice president Joe Biden, and a company
that employed Biden's son. "The impeachment is not a big issue until you get into a
recession. It's a big deal politically, but it's not a big deal
economically," said Stan Shipley, fixed income strategist, at
Evercore ISI in New York.
Sales of new U.S. single-family homes rebounded more than
expected in August, the latest sign that the struggling housing
market was starting to get a lift from lower mortgage rates.
The dollar also benefited from a sharp pullback for the
pound GBP= amid worries that Brexit and general election
related risks showed no signs of going away soon. The dollar index .DXY rose 0.63%, with the euro EUR=
down 0.59% to $1.0953. The Japanese yen JPY= weakened 0.63%
versus the greenback at 107.76 per dollar.
On Wall Street, the Dow Jones Industrial Average .DJI rose
147.79 points, or 0.55%, to 26,955.56. The S&P 500 .SPX gained
7.38 points, or 0.25%, to 2,973.98 and the Nasdaq Composite
.IXIC added 19.81 points, or 0.25%, to 8,013.43.
The pan-European STOXX 600 index .STOXX lost 0.70% and
MSCI's gauge of stocks across the globe .MIWD00000PUS shed
0.23%.
Oil prices fell for a second day as U.S. crude inventories
unexpectedly surged 2.4 million barrels in the week to Sept. 20,
according to the Energy Information Administration, instead of
declining 249,000 barrels as analysts expected. EIA/S
Brent crude futures LCOc1 fell $1.14 to $61.96, a 1.8%
drop. U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude CLc1 fell 96 cents to
$56.33 a barrel, a 1.6% loss.
Benchmark 10-year U.S. Treasury notes US10YT=RR fell 17/32
in price to yield 1.6921%.
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GBP volatility https://tmsnrt.rs/2l2BqTR
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