* Wall Street reverses losses that came after Trump tough talk on trade
* Investors cautious on trade before Trump-Xi G20 meeting
* Sterling lower after Brexit warning
* Graphic: World FX rates in 2018 http://tmsnrt.rs/2egbfVh (New throughout, updates prices, market activity and comments following Fed minutes, oil price settlement)
By Hilary Russ
NEW YORK, Nov 29 (Reuters) - Wall Street turned positive on Thursday after the U.S. Federal Reserve released minutes of its latest policy meeting, while the dollar rose and Treasury yields softened after investors digested recent comments by Fed Chair Jerome Powell.
World stocks were higher, but it was a mid-day recovery for U.S. stocks, which had sunk amid jitters over U.S.-China trade talks.
Powell said on Wednesday that U.S. interest rates were "just below" neutral, less than two months after saying rates were probably "a long way" from that point. Many investors read the remarks as signalling the Fed's three-year tightening cycle was drawing to a close.
His comments briefly pushed the U.S. 10-year bond yield US10YT=RR below 3 percent, its lowest since mid-September.
The yield, which had risen as high as 3.25 percent this month, inched back to 3.0334 percent.
Almost all Fed officials at the meeting agreed another interest rate increase was "likely to be warranted fairly soon," but also opened debate on when to pause further hikes and how to relay those plans to the public. Dow Jones Industrial Average .DJI rose 98.22 points, or 0.39 percent, to 25,464.65, the S&P 500 .SPX gained 8.26 points, or 0.30 percent, to 2,752.05 and the Nasdaq Composite .IXIC added 23.33 points, or 0.32 percent, to 7,314.93.
Other stock markets were broadly higher. MSCI's gauge of stocks across the globe .MIWD00000PUS gained 0.59 percent.
In Europe, stock gains were driven by the tech, mining and autos sectors, which were worst hit by recent losses. The pan-European STOXX 600 index .STOXX rose 0.20 percent.
Investors will watch a meeting at which U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping are expected to discuss trade at the G20 summit on Saturday.
Trump said there was "a long way to go" on tariffs with China and urged companies to build products in the United States to avoid them. messaging from the U.S. over the last four weeks has been characteristically erratic," said David Page, senior economist at AXA Investment Managers.
The dollar, which has outperformed bonds and the benchmark S&P 500 stock index this year amid rising interest rates and safe-haven flows triggered by global trade tensions, was modestly higher.
The dollar index .DXY , tracking it against a basket of six major currencies, rose 0.01 percent, with the euro EUR= up 0.17 percent to $1.1385.
Sterling GBP= was last trading at $1.278, down 0.34 percent on the day, after Bank of England Governor Mark Carney warned a disorderly Brexit could trigger a worse economic downturn for Britain than the financial crisis. commodities, oil prices rose after sources said Russia had accepted the need for cuts in production together with OPEC. O/R
U.S. crude oil futures CLc1 settled at $51.45 per barrel, up $1.16 or 2.31 percent. Brent crude LCOc1 settled at $59.51, up 1.28 percent.
Italy's borrowing costs slipped, with 10-year yields dipping around 2 bps IT10YT=RR .
A bond auction enjoyed much better buying interest than at last week's deal targeting retail investors as the government has shown signs it could compromise with the European Union on its budget deficit target. Dollar beat bonds and stocks Nov 29
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