- S&P 500 ends higher with tech, growth names
- China 3rd-quarter GDP grows 4.9%, below expectations
- Dollar, oil slip
(Updates with closing U.S. markets levels)
Global stock indexes mostly rose on Monday following gains in U.S. mega-cap technology and other growth names, while five-year Treasury yields rose to their highest levels since early 2020.
The dollar dipped after data showed production at U.S. factories fell by the most in seven months in September, erasing earlier gains.
MSCI's gauge of stocks across the globe was also slightly higher, reversing earlier losses following data showing China's gross domestic product grew 4.9% in the July-September quarter from a year earlier, its weakest pace since the third quarter of 2020.
On Wall Street, the S&P 500 and Nasdaq ended up while the Dow edged lower. Shares of Apple AAPL.O , Facebook FB.O and Microsoft MSFT.O were among the biggest boosts to the S&P 500.
Facebook shares, under pressure recently, rose sharply with some positive reports out, including its plans to create 10,000 jobs in Europe to help build the so-called metaverse - an online world.
Investors awaited more third-quarter results from U.S. companies this week after a mostly upbeat start to the earnings season last week.
"You're going to get a heavier slate of earnings reports this week from a diverse set of industries," said Michael James, managing director of equity trading at Wedbush Securities in Los Angeles, adding, "the path of least resistance remains higher going into earnings season for large-cap tech."
China's outlook as well as supply constraints related to the coronavirus pandemic have been issues for U.S. companies.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average .DJI fell 36.15 points, or 0.1%, to 35,258.61, the S&P 500 .SPX gained 15.09 points, or 0.34%, to 4,486.46 and the Nasdaq Composite .IXIC added 124.47 points, or 0.84%, to 15,021.81.
The pan-European STOXX 600 index .STOXX lost 0.50% and MSCI's gauge of stocks across the globe .MIWD00000PUS gained 0.12%.
The dollar fell 0.02% to 93.95 against a basket of currencies =USD . It had earlier reached 94.17 as U.S. Treasury yields increased.
Yields on five-year bonds US5YT=RR rose as high as 1.193%, their highest since February 2020, extending a two-week rising streak.
Yields on 30-year U.S. bonds US30YT=RR were only slightly higher, flattening the gap between five-year and 30-year debt US5US30=RR to its narrowest level since early 2020.
Some market watchers are forecasting the Federal Reserve will need to increase interest rates sooner than previously expected to quell rising price pressures.
They say the U.S. central bank will need to move as inflation looks unlikely to fade anytime soon.
Bitcoin BTC=BTSP last fell 0.15% to $61,448.06. Oil prices eased after touching multi-year highs. Brent crude oil LCOc1 futures were down 62 cents or 0.7% at $82.26 a barrel after hitting $86.04, their highest since October 2018.
U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude CLc1 were 12 cents higher, or 0.1%, at $82.40 a barrel, after hitting $83.87, their highest since October 2014.
U.S. gold futures GCc1 gained 0.16% to $1,764.80 an ounce.
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