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Global stocks mixed as Greek deal offsets tumbling oil

MSCI's all-country world index falls 0.04%, Brent crude down 1% at $59.56 a barrel

The Dow Jones was down 32.46 points, or 0.18%, at 18,107.98. The S&P 500 Index was down 2.40 points, or 0.11%, at 2,107.90. The Nasdaq was down 4.43 points, or 0.09%, at 4,951.54. Photo: AFPPremium
The Dow Jones was down 32.46 points, or 0.18%, at 18,107.98. The S&P 500 Index was down 2.40 points, or 0.11%, at 2,107.90. The Nasdaq was down 4.43 points, or 0.09%, at 4,951.54. Photo: AFP

New York: US stocks slipped from all-time highs on Monday, pulled lower by a sharp drop in crude oil prices, while European shares rallied on the conditional financial rescue for Greece hammered out at the end of last week.

Yields on low-rated euro zone government bonds fell as the agreement reached late Friday eased concerns that Greece would leave the euro, even though it merely buys time for Athens to seek a long-term deal with Europe.

The Pan-European FTSEurofirst 300 index hit seven-year highs and Germany’s DAX equity index set a new all-time high before paring gains after the Ifo index for German business morale came in below market expectations.

Oil weakened on building inventories, which have pressured crude prices and hit US energy shares, a major component of the US benchmark S&P 500 index.

“What investors seem concerned with is that oil isn’t finding a base," said Rick Meckler, president of hedge fund LibertyView Capital Management LLC in Jersey City, New Jersey.

“Investors like stability, orderly rises and declines, and things like oil dropping by the types of moves it’s been dropping and the volatility it creates is just a negative for some market participants," he said.

On Wall Street, the Dow Jones industrial average was down 32.46 points, or 0.18%, at 18,107.98. The Standard & Poor’s 500 Index was down 2.40 points, or 0.11%, at 2,107.90. The Nasdaq Composite Index was down 4.43 points, or 0.09%, at 4,951.54.

MSCI’s all-country world index, a measure of stock performance in 46 countries, fell 0.04%, and Britain’s FTSE 100 index fell 0.37% after HSBC reported a 17% drop in annual profit.

The FTSEurofirst 300 index rose was up 0.47% at 1,532.34.

Brent crude traded 1% lower at $59.56 a barrel. Benchmark US WTI crude for April delivery fell 2.6% to $49.48 a barrel.

The dollar rose against most currencies as investors await clues on the US central bank’s move to boost interest rates in testimony on Tuesday from Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen before a Senate panel.

The euro retreated on lingering doubts over whether the Greek accord will lead to a deal to keep Athens solvent.

“The Greece debt deal has been mildly positive, but it’s difficult to determine what is the next move yet before Yellen’s testimony tomorrow," said Lane Newman, director of foreign exchange at ING Capital Markets in New York.

The dollar index, a measure of the greenback versus currencies of major US trading partners, rose 0.22% to 94.459.

The euro was down 0.24% against the dollar at $1.1351 . The dollar dipped 0.13% against the yen, last trading at 118.86 yen.

US treasuries prices rose on expectations Yellen will take a dovish tone on monetary policy and as traders viewed the latest drop in oil prices as a sign of deflation that will underpin a cautious Fed.

“We’re seeing abating inflationary trends," said Justin Hoogendoorn, fixed income strategist at BMO Capital Markets in Chicago. “It makes it more difficult for the Fed to argue that they should be hiking rates."

Benchmark 10-year notes rose 15/32 in price to yield 2.0801%. Reuters

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Published: 23 Feb 2015, 10:29 PM IST
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