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World stock prices slipped on Tuesday on concerns about the political outlook in Europe and U. S. economic growth, and nervous investors piled into yen and low-risk U. S. and German government bonds.
World stock prices slipped on Tuesday on concerns about the political outlook in Europe and U.S. economic growth, and nervous investors piled into yen and low-risk U.S. and German government bonds.
Oil prices declined on worries about global oversupply despite OPEC's pact last week to extend its crude output cut until the first quarter of 2018.
Gold rose to a one-month high of $1,270 an ounce on safe-haven demand before it ran out of steam.
"There is a whiff of risk aversion about the markets," said Shaun Osborne, chief FX strategist at Scotiabank in Toronto.
The MSCI world equity index, which tracks shares in 45 nations, fell 0.28 points or 0.06 percent, to 464.01.
On Wall Street, The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 35.68 points, or 0.17 percent, to 21,044.6, the S&P 500 lost 1.57 points, or 0.06 percent, to 2,414.25 and the Nasdaq Composite dropped 4.30 points, or 0.07 percent, to 6,205.90.
Recent U.S. economic reports have supported a growing view that the world's biggest economy is not recovering from an anemic first quarter as vigorously as some traders had thought.
Data on Tuesday showed U.S. consumer confidence fell in May and a gauge of core U.S. inflation retreated on a year-over-year basis.
The lack of progress on tax cuts and other stimulus measures from Washington has also weighed on the outlook for company profits and broader economic activity, analysts said.
"There have been some softness in U.S. economic data, and there are some less market-friendly policies in the U.S. on the margin," said Stephen Wood, chief market strategist with Russell Investments in New York.
Most Federal Reserve policymakers have not backed away from their expectations of two more rate increases by the end of 2017 as they see the U.S. economy near full employment and are confident inflation would reach its 2-percent goal.
However, Fed Governor Lael Brainard said on Tuesday a rate hike may occur soon, while the central bank may want to refrain from further increases if inflation remains soft.
In Europe, elections in Italy may now come as early as September, after the 5-Star Movement became the fourth big party to back a switch to a proportional electoral system.
Greece's debt problems also continued to simmer after it failed to reach a deal on its next installment of its bailout program earlier this month.
Europe's broad FTSEurofirst 300 index shed 0.22 percent at 1,533.66.
With jitters about the United States and Europe, the yen strengthened against the dollar and euro. It was up 0.4 percent at 110.74 yen per dollar, and up 0.2 percent at 123.91 yen per euro.
Safety bids lowered 10-year U.S. Treasury yield to 2.212 percent, the lowest in more than a week, and 10-year German yield at 0.286 percent, the lowest in over five weeks.
In commodities, Brent crude was last down $0.45, or 0.86 percent, at $51.84 a barrel. U.S. crude settled down 14 cents or 0.28 percent at $49.66 per barrel.
Spot gold prices were last 0.3 percent lower at $1,262.75 an ounce.
(This article has not been edited by DNA's editorial team and is auto-generated from an agency feed.)
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