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* Graphic: World FX rates in 2019 http://tmsnrt.rs/2egbfVh
* Wall Street slips as financial stocks weight
* U.S. 10-year TIPS yields slip into negative rates
* Japanese yen slips on dollar, oil gains
By Sinéad Carew and Herbert Lash
NEW YORK, Aug 27 (Reuters) - A gauge of global equities traded little changed on Tuesday, pulled lower by sliding stocks on Wall Street as prospects of a U.S.-China trade deal remained uncertain and demand for U.S. Treasuries and precious metals rose on recession fears.
Gold futures rose as recession concerns gripped investors even as U.S. consumer confidence fell less than expected in August, with households still upbeat about the labor market despite an escalation in the ongoing U.S.-Sino trade spat.
An inversion of the U.S. yield curve deepened to levels last seen in 2007, leading yields on 10-year Treasury Inflation Protected Securities (TIPS) to slip deeper into negative territory on strong demand for bonds. inverted yield curve occurs when the return on shorter-dated government debt is greater than 10-year or longer-dated securities, an infrequent occurrence that can signal recession.
"The inverted yield curve is certainly a recessionary signal," said Chris Gaffney, president of world markets at TIAA Bank.
Remarks by U.S. President Donald Trump that China had offered to resume trade talks eased some investor concerns, though uncertainty prevailed as Beijing declined to confirm the president's assertion. MKTS/GLOB
U.S. stocks initially opened higher, building on Monday's advance, on Trump's comments. China's foreign ministry, however, reiterated that it had not received any recent U.S. telephone calls on trade. have this degree of uncertainty and what has seemed to be a period of heightened uncertainty," said Bill Northey at U.S. Bank Wealth Management in Minneapolis.
Financial shares .SPSY , which tend to weaken in lower rate and soft economic environments, lost 0.89% on Wall Street.
Ten-year Treasuries US10YT=RR rose 16/32 in price to push their yield down to 1.4895%.
MSCI's gauge of stocks across the globe .MIWD00000PUS gained 0.01%. The FTSEurofirst 300 index .FTEU3 of leading regional shares closed up 0.61% while MSCI's emerging market index .MSCIEF rose 0.3&.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average .DJI fell 110.43 points, or 0.43%, to 25,788.4. The S&P 500 .SPX lost 10.12 points, or 0.35%, to 2,868.26 and the Nasdaq Composite .IXIC dropped 36.18 points, or 0.46%, to 7,817.55.
The dollar fell modestly against the Japanese yen while the euro also declined against the greenback.
The dollar index .DXY fell 0.09%, with the euro EUR= down 0.07% to $1.1092. The Japanese yen strengthened .JPY= 0.34% versus the greenback at 105.79 per dollar.
Oil prices rose in highly volatile trade, buoyed by expectations of a drawdown in U.S. crude inventories, though gains were capped by worries about a recession and uncertainty over a China-U.S. trade deal.
Global benchmark Brent crude LCOc1 was rose 81 cents to settle at $59.51 a barrel. U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude CLc1 gained $1.29 to settle at $54.93 a barrel.
U.S. crude oil inventories were forecast to have fallen by over 2 million barrels last week, a Reuters poll showed, ahead of industry data after the market closes.
U.S. gold futures for December GCcv1 settled up 1% at $1,551.80 an ounce.