GLOBAL MARKETS-Dollar, global shares gain as trade worries linger

(Adds U.S. market open, byline, dateline; previous LONDON)
* Upbeat U.S. economic data helps lift dollar, equities
* Trump, Xi offer reassuring comments about trade deal
* Business activity in euro zone almost grinds to halt

By Herbert Lash
NEW YORK, Nov 22 (Reuters) - The dollar gained and global
equity markets rose on Friday on upbeat U.S. economic data while
amicable messages from Chinese President Xi Jinping and U.S.
President Donald Trump helped ease recent tensions over the
prolonged U.S.-Sino trade war.
Government bond yields rose as U.S. manufacturing output
accelerated in November to its fastest pace in seven months and
a survey of purchasing managers showed services activity also
picked up more than expected. Equity markets warmed to China's renewed offer to reach a
trade agreement with the United States, with Xi saying China
wants to work out an initial pact with the United States and has
been trying to avoid a trade war. Trump reciprocated, saying a trade deal with China is
"potentially very close" and that he stands with both the people
of Hong Kong and Xi amid massive protests in the former British
colony. MSCI's gauge of stocks across the globe .MIWD00000PUS
inched up 0.09%, with the pan-European STOXX 600 index .STOXX
closing up 0.44%.
On Wall Street, the Dow Jones Industrial Average .DJI rose
69.76 points, or 0.25%, to 27,836.05, the S&P 500 .SPX gained
2.79 points, or 0.09%, to 3,106.33 and the Nasdaq Composite
.IXIC dropped 1.24 points, or 0.01%, to 8,504.97.
The Nasdaq was weighed down by a 5.94% slump in shares of
Tesla Inc TSLA.O as its electric pickup truck design received
an underwhelming response. "What you've seen is a market, even when the trade news
wasn't that great, you've seen the equity market still remaining
extraordinarily well-bid," said Joseph LaVorgna, chief economist
for the Americas at French bank Natixis in New York.
"People got way too pessimistic about growth. The outlook in
my opinion over the next year is much better than it was,"
LaVorgna said.
The data was a sign of the continued resilience of the U.S.
economy in the face of the trade dispute and other headwinds.
The dollar index .DXY , which compares the dollar against
six major currencies, was up 0.24% at 98.231.
Helping the dollar's strength was a survey showing euro zone
business growth almost ground to a halt this month as activity
in the bloc's dominant services industry increased at a much
weaker pace than expected. IHS Markit's flash November composite Purchasing Managers'
Index slid to 50.3 from October's 50.6, moving closer to the 50
mark separating growth from contraction. IHS Markit's final Purchasing Managers' index readings also
showed German business conditions continued to wane in November,
although at a reduced pace. The common currency fell 0.25% against the greenback.
Most U.S. Treasury yields edged higher, boosted by the
upbeat U.S. data.
Treasury yields had tracked the decline in Europe amid weak
numbers in the region. GVD/EUR . Yields also were pressured by
persistent doubts about the U.S. trade negotiations with China.
"There's skepticism about what Trump says, especially with
more U.S. tariffs set to kick in on Dec. 15, said Paul
Mendelsohn, chief investment strategist at Windham Financial
Services in Charlotte, Vermont.
Tariffs can be delayed, Mendelsohn said, "but there's so
much pessimism coming out of China at this point in time, it's
very hard to tell what's real and what's really going on."
Oil prices pulled back from two-month highs as doubts over
the trade talks overshadowed expectations of an extension to
production cuts by the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting
Countries.
Brent crude futures LCOc1 eased 57 cents to $63.40 a
barrel and West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude futures CLc1
fell 78 cents to $57.80.