GLOBAL MARKETS-World stocks pause rally on J&J news, dollar bounces from 3-week low

(Updates prices, adds news of pause in Eli Lilly's COVID-19
antibody treatment trial)
By Koh Gui Qing
NEW YORK, Oct 13 (Reuters) - The dollar rose from a
three-week low on Tuesday while U.S. and European shares eased,
as news of pauses in trials of a COVID-19 vaccine and a
treatment led investors to take stock of recent rallies before
chasing further gains.
Some analysts said the stock market pullback did not
indicate a deeper aversion to risk, since many investors are
convinced that more U.S. fiscal stimulus is on the way, even if
it may not be unveiled until after the Nov. 3 U.S. election.
Still, demand firmed for traditional safe-haven assets such
as the dollar and government bonds. A stronger dollar in turn
weighed on gold prices.
China trade data released overnight signaling a rebound in
the world's second-largest economy was mostly brushed aside by
stock and bond markets, though it boosted oil prices as
investors hoped for a slow recovery in energy demand.
The S&P 500 .SPX fell 22.5 points, or 0.64%, to 3,511.76,
but still within sight of its record high of 3,580.84 struck on
Sept. 2. In the last 2-1/2-weeks, the index has rebounded 8.5%.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average .DJI dropped 157.2
points, or 0.55%, to 28,680.33. The Nasdaq Composite .IXIC
pared earlier gains to lose 12.4 points, or 0.1%, to 11,863.90
points.
Shares in Johnson & Johnson JNJ.N sagged 2.6% as investors
digested news that a participant in its COVID-19 vaccine trial
had fallen ill, and that it would take at least a few days to
evaluate the situation. News late in the day that U.S. drugmaker Eli Lilly and Co
LLY.N had also paused the clinical trial of its COVID-19
antibody treatment due to a safety concern led the U.S. equity
market to deepen losses in the final minutes of trading.
Shares in Eli Lilly closed down 2.85%.
Investors see the quick introduction of a vaccine as key to
helping economies recover. J&J's news came after rival
AstraZeneca AZN.L , which uses similar technology, paused the
trial of its experimental vaccine in September due to a
participant's unexplained illness.
"Markets have already priced in perfection," said Ken
Polcari, chief market strategist at SlateStone Wealth LLC in
Florida. "It's 'buy the rumor, sell the news.'"
European shares also struggled as investors found a reason
in news of Johnson & Johnson's delayed trial to take profits.
The Euro STOXX 600 .STOXX lost 0.77%, ending three
straight days of gains, with markets in Frankfurt .GDAXI ,
London .FTSE and Paris .FCHI mirroring its moves.
The sentiment in European and U.S. equities defied earlier
resilience in Asia, where Chinese shares got a lift from data
that showed exports rising 9.9% in September and imports
swinging to a 13.2% gain, versus a 2.1% drop in August.
The data suggested Chinese exporters were recovering from
the pandemic's damage to overseas orders and helped Chinese
blue-chip shares .CSI300 rise 0.33%. MSCI's broadest index of
Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan .MIAPJ0000PUS , however,
trimmed gains and was little changed by the end of Tuesday.
The dollar was on track for its best daily performance in
three weeks. The dollar index =USD climbed 0.51% against a
basket of other currencies to 93.524. USD/
A stronger dollar pushed the euro EUR=EBS down 0.56% to
$1.1746 and weighed on sterling GBP=D3 , which sank 0.96% to
$1.2939. The pound had breached the $1.30 mark at one point on
Tuesday as investors kept an eye on ongoing Brexit negotiations.

The Australian dollar was slugged by news that Beijing has
stopped taking shipments of Australian coal, dragging the Aussie
AUD=D4 down 0.67% to $0.7159 AUD=D4 . Government bond yields mostly fell as demand for safe-haven
bonds firmed.
The benchmark 10-year Treasury US10YT=RR yield retreated
to 0.7256%, the biggest one-day drop since Aug. 4. US/
Government bond yields in the euro zone also held near
recent troughs, with hefty supply failing to dent a market
bolstered by expectations for further central bank easing.
Germany's 10-year Bund yield touched -0.538% DE10YT=RR ,
its lowest in just over a week. Italian IT10YT=RR and Greek
GR10YT=RR benchmark 10-year debt both hit record lows.
A stronger dollar capped gold XAU= prices, which dropped
1.5% to $1,893.01 per ounce. GOL/
Benefiting from China's promising trade data, Brent crude
futures LCOc1 were up 73 cents, or 1.75%, to $42.45 a barrel.
U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude CLc1 futures rose 81 cents,
or 2.05%, to $40.24 a barrel.