Oil prices fell below $50 a barrel and were set for their biggest weekly losses in six weeks on investor doubts over OPEC's planned output cut and ahead of US rig count data that has steadily increased in the last few months.42 per cent, or 21 cents, at $50. However, the boost came largely from a recovery in inventories and a jump household appliance injection mold Factory in agricultural exports after poor soy harvests in Argentina and Brazil this year benefited sales by American exporters.The US dollar reversed losses against the yen, last up 0.32 per cent.17 per cent.12 per cent higher.28, the S&P 500 gained 4.Healthcare, which had buoyed the benchmark S&P 500 index in previous sessions, was the only negative sector due to results from Amgen and AbbVie.Germany's 10-year bund yield earlier rose to 0.38, but it was still off the three-month high it touched on Friday of 105. 

Its broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan was down 0.79 and the Nasdaq Composite added 7..15 per cent and the STOXX 600 fell 0.219 per cent, its highest since early May.MSCI's global stock index was 0.The Dow Jones industrial average rose 52.51.The 10-year Treasury notes were last at 1.75 points, or 0.5 per cent.On Wall Street, stock indexes were higher around midday, with Chevron shares rising 3.The dollar index, which measures the greenback against a basket of six major currencies, was last down 0.3 per cent.MSCI's global stock index was 0.6 points, or 0.Yields climbIn a week marked by deep slides in prices of US and European debt, the benchmark 10-year Treasury yield climbed to a five-month high on Friday just below 1.12 per cent higher.22 per cent, to 2,137.Deutsche Bank's John Reid said bond markets were living a "nightmare" moment, Rabobank analysts deemed the recent sell-off a "bloodbath" and Bank of America Merrill Lynch warned of an "angry rise" in yields in the weeks ahead.14 per cent, to 5,223.An estimate of US second-quarter gross domestic product showed annualized economic growth of 2.The robust US GDP data for the third quarter helped pushed Treasury yields higher, with the rates futures markets now pricing in a more than 80 per cent chance the Federal Reserve would tighten rates at its December policy meeting.

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