Global shares rise, US yields fall as strong earnings allay election worries
S&P 500 and Nasdaq trade higher
European shares gain
Sentiment helped by earnings reports
Benchmark 10-year U.S. yields retreats
Updates prices
By Chibuike Oguh
NEW YORK, Oct 24 (Reuters) -Global shares rose on Thursday, on track to snap three straight sessions of losses, while U.S. yields as strong corporate results help to allay worries over upcoming elections and rate cuts.
Tesla TSLA.O jumped 17% after CEO Elon Musk on Wednesday provided a rosy forecast on car sales growth next year that helped to reassure investors.
Benchmark S&P 500 and Nasdaq were trading higher in early trading, driven by consumer discretionary and real estate stocks. The Dow was down.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average .DJI fell 0.25% to 42,409.90, the S&P 500 .SPX rose 0.29% to 5,814.36 and the Nasdaq Composite .IXIC rose 0.68% to 18,401.81.
European shares .STOXX were also trading up 0.18% and were set to snap three consecutive sessions of losses amid positive results from Renault RENA.PA, Unilever ULVR.L and Hermes HRMS.PA. MSCI's gauge of stocks across the globe .MIWD00000PUS rose 0.24% to 846.38.
"Markets have traded lower over the past three or four days as a bit of a pause after a huge surge, with most of the equity indexes still trading rather near their all time highs." said Michael Farr, president and chief executive at Farr, Miller & Washington.
"So markets are adjusting to a new forecast for the Fed in its own mind that perhaps the Fed isn't going to be lowering rates quite as extensively and quickly as they hope. However, the real bottom line is the economy doing OK and earnings season is coming on with reasonable gains," Farr added.
Traders are now pricing in a near 95% chance of a 25 basis point cut at both of the Fed's November meetings, according to the CME Group’s FedWatch Tool. Benchmark 10-year note yields US10YT=RR were last down 3.6 basis points at 4.206% after reaching 4.26% on Wednesday, the highest since July 26.
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Reporting by Chibuike Oguh in New York; editing by David Evans
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