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* MSCI global equity gauge slips from near-record highs
* Wall Street falls as bill on Hong Kong revives trade worries
* Oil prices pull back ahead of OPEC+ meeting
By Herbert Lash
NEW YORK, Nov 29 (Reuters) - Oil prices slumped and a gauge of global equity markets on Friday edged away from an all-time high it was near breaching earlier in the week as doubts simmered over the outlook for signing an initial deal to ease U.S.-China trade tensions.
Gold prices rose and stocks on Wall Street slipped after China warned on Thursday it would take "firm counter measures" against U.S. President Donald Trump's decision to ratify a bill backing protesters in Hong Kong. is definitely a concern that the signing of the Hong Kong bill will be seen as an impediment to an agreement," said Rick Meckler, partner at Cherry Lane Investments in New Vernon, New Jersey.
"At this point, investors are also using this as an opportunity to take some profits," Meckler said.
MSCI's all-country world index .MIWD00000PUS , which tracks shares in 49 countries, shed 0.39%, or about 3 points lower than a record peak of 5550.63 it established in January 2018.
Country indices for Germany .GDAXI and France .FCHI traded near break-even but the pan-European STOXX 600 index .STOXX lost 0.34%.
The dollar fell from a six-week peak against a basket of currencies as the still unsigned U.S.-China trade deal kept investors on edge at the end of a holiday-shortened week due to the Thanksgiving holiday on Thursday and early close on Friday.
On Wall Street, the Dow Jones Industrial Average .DJI fell 86.62 points, or 0.31%, to 28,077.38. The S&P 500 .SPX lost 7.85 points, or 0.25%, to 3,145.78 and the Nasdaq Composite .IXIC dropped 20.17 points, or 0.23%, to 8,685.00.
The MSCI world index has climbed 2.5% this month, its third straight month of gains, helped in part by hopes the world's two biggest economies are moving toward a resolution. The trade war has roiled financial markets and disrupted supply chains.
The index is up over 20% this year, helped by lower interest rates and injections of government stimulus around the world.
Gold was on track to post its biggest monthly decline in three years as investors sought clarity on the U.S.-China trade front.
Spot gold XAU= added 0.3% to $1,462.38 an ounce.
The dollar index .DXY fell 0.09%, with the euro EUR= up 0.08% to $1.1016. The Japanese yen JPM= was flat versus the greenback at 109.53 per dollar.
Euro zone inflation data was the main piece of economic data in investors' sights in Europe.
Inflation accelerated faster than expected in November, likely comforting European Central Bank policymakers - even if some factors pushing up prices may be temporary. latest "flash" data showed annual inflation jumped to 1% this month from 0.7% in October, outpacing expectations for 0.9%, as volatile food prices rose more than predicted. benchmark 10-year Bund yield was last at -0.36% DE10YT=RR , little changed on the day and holding above one-month lows hit the previous day.
French and Dutch yields were also off lows hit this week as investors fretted about U.S.-China trade talks.
Benchmark 10-year notes US10YT=RR fell 6/32 in price to yield 1.7878%.
Oil prices dipped in muted activity on the because of the U.S. Thanksgiving holiday while OPEC watchers expect an extension to a pact to throttle oil output beyond March but no deeper cuts to be decided by the producer group and its allies.
Brent crude futures LCOc1 were down $1.28 at $62.59 a barrel while West Texas Intermediate (WTI) futures CLc1 were down $2.22 cents at $55.89.
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