* Petrocurrencies whipsawed with oil prices
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By Rodrigo Campos
NEW YORK, April 28 (Reuters) - Stock markets across the globe managed to rise on Tuesday, riding out sharp swings on Wall Street as mixed corporate earnings results and dramatic moves in oil prices delivered yet another dose of investor jitters.
Conflicting measures and warnings on the coronavirus pandemic cast an uneasy tone.
Plans to ease major economies out of coronavirus lockdowns were continuing even as experts issued fresh warnings against reopening too soon. A predictive model showed the outbreak could take more than 74,000 U.S. lives by August, compared with an earlier forecast of 67,000, if the lockdown were to be lifted too early. seems to be a conflict of opinion about the proper course of action," said Andre Bakhos, managing director at New Vines Capital LLC in Bernardsville, New Jersey. "More insights back the belief that opening up early is not the best course of action right now, because if we do and if we get a relapse, then the next wave could even be worse."
Germany's coronavirus infection rate has edged up from earlier this month and people should stay at home as much as they can despite a lockdown relaxation last week, the head of an institute for infectious diseases said. UBS earnings lifted European banks nearly 5%, while Wall Street digested upbeat numbers from industrial conglomerate 3M (NYSE:MMM) Co MMM.N , a maker of N95 respirator masks, and drugmaker Pfizer (NYSE:PFE) PFE.N .
U.S. crude futures endured a day of wild trading, rising as much as 7% and falling 20%. BP (LON:BP)'s quarterly profit tumbled by two-thirds and its debt climbed to its highest on record. The energy major maintained its dividend despite warning of exceptional uncertainty, and its shares rose 2.6%.
Investors are gearing up for one of the busiest weeks for tech earnings, including reports from Microsoft MSFT.O , Alphabet GOOGL.O , Amazon AMZN.O and eBay EBAY.O .
The Dow Jones Industrial Average .DJI rose 82.68 points, or 0.34%, to 24,216.46, the S&P 500 .SPX gained 5.47 points, or 0.19%, to 2,883.95, and the Nasdaq Composite .IXIC dropped 41.05 points, or 0.47%, to 8,689.12.
The pan-European STOXX 600 index .STOXX rose 1.68%, and MSCI's gauge of stocks across the globe .MIWD00000PUS gained 0.61%.
Emerging market stocks rose 0.98%. MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan .MIAPJ0000PUS closed 0.61% higher, while Japan's Nikkei .N225 lost 0.06%.
Oil prices were mixed with Brent hinging on sentiment about the easing of lockdowns, while U.S. crude traders remained cautious as storage capacities were filling up fast. O/R
U.S. crude CLc1 recently fell 0.16% to $12.76 per barrel, and Brent LCOc1 was at $20.65, up 3.3% on the day.
"While wild price swings are set to last in the very near term, we see more upside than downside from prices around $20 per barrel. The oil price should recover in the longer term," said Norbert Rücker, analyst at Swiss bank Julius Baer.
Petrocurrencies were whiplashed, too. Canada's dollar CAD= and the Norwegian crown NOK= both recovered from early falls, with the crown gaining as much as 1.5%.
Russia's rouble RUB= bounced back as much as 0.6%, while Brazil's battered real BRL= strengthened 1.3% along with other emerging market currencies. EMRG/FRX
The dollar dropped against a basket of peers. The dollar index =USD fell 0.247%, with the euro EUR= up 0.08% to $1.0837.
The Japanese yen strengthened 0.38% versus the greenback at 106.86 per dollar, while sterling GBP= was last trading at $1.2447, up 0.15% on the day.
Sweden's central bank opted not to take its interest rates back into negative territory on Tuesday, sending its currency up 1.6% against the dollar.
Markets are looking for any forward guidance from the U.S. Federal Reserve, which is due to issue a policy statement at the close of its two-day meeting on Wednesday. The European Central Bank meets on Thursday. said it was unlikely the Fed would make further major policy moves, given the scope and depth of its recent action to counter the economic damage caused by the novel coronavirus.
Benchmark 10-year notes US10YT=RR last rose 17/32 in price to yield 0.6019%, from 0.654% late on Monday.
Spot gold XAU= dropped 0.4% to $1,706.93 an ounce.
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