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Copper, oil also higher after China announcement

(Updates to 11:30 a.m. ET/1530 GMT)

By Caroline Valetkevitch

NEW YORK, Sept 24 (Reuters) -

A global stock index rose to a record high and copper prices hit their strongest level in 10 weeks on Tuesday after China unveiled stimulus measures to support its economy.

China's yuan hit a 16-month high against the U.S. dollar. The yuan last was up 0.61% against the greenback at 7.018 per dollar.

People's Bank of China Governor Pan Gongsheng announced plans to lower borrowing costs and inject more funds into the economy, as well as to ease households' mortgage repayment burden. Pan also said China would roll out structural monetary policy tools for the first time to help stabilise capital markets.

The S&P 500 moved lower after data showed U.S.

consumer confidence

unexpectedly fell in September amid mounting worries over the health of the labor market. But the index was last up slightly.

Investors are looking for clues on the Federal Reserve's next move after the U.S. central bank began its latest easing cycle last week with a 50 basis point cut in interest rates.

MSCI's gauge of stocks across the globe rose 1.15 points, or 0.14%, to 841.20 and hit a record high. The STOXX 600 index gained 0.61%.

Earlier, the blue-chip CSI300 index and the Shanghai Composite index surged, while Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index jumped to a four-month high.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 114.13 points, or 0.27%, to 42,238.78, the S&P 500 rose 0.75 points, or 0.01%, to 5,719.32 and the Nasdaq Composite rose 9.15 points, or 0.05%, to 17,983.17.

"Between now and the time the Fed meets, we'll have a couple of jobs reports. They've told us unemployment now is the thing that's driving rate cut decisions. The soft landing is when unemployment doesn't start skyrocketing," said Kim Forrest, chief investment officer at Bokeh Capital Partners.

U.S. rate futures have priced in a 56.5% chance of another super-sized rate cut of 50 bps at the November meeting, with a 43.5% odds of the more standard 25 easing.

U.S. crude rose 1.44% to $71.36 a barrel and Brent rose to $74.88 per barrel, up 1.31% on the day.

Three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange climbed by 2.9% to $9,822 a metric ton by 1515 GMT after

hitting

its highest since July 15 at $9,825.

In other commodities, spot gold rose 0.64% to $2,645.87 an ounce.

Risk appetite improved after China's stimulus measures.

U.S. Treasury long-dated yields edged higher. The yield on benchmark U.S. 10-year notes rose 0.7 basis points to 3.745%, from 3.738% late on Monday.

The U.S. dollar index extended declines after the consumer confidence data.

The dollar index, which measures the greenback against a basket of currencies including the yen and the euro, fell 0.33% to 100.59, with the euro up 0.36% at $1.1152.

Against the Japanese yen, the dollar strengthened 0.03% to 143.64.

The Reserve Bank of Australia held interest rates steady, bokep as expected, and reiterated that policy needed to stay tight, in contrast to the U.S. Federal Reserve which started its easing cycle with a 50 basis point (bp) cut last week.

In a speech at a meeting with business leaders in Osaka on Tuesday, BOJ Governor Kazuo Ueda said it can afford to spend time scrutinizing market and overseas economic developments in setting monetary policy.

(Additional reporting by Sruthi Shankar, Ankur Banerjee, Johann M Cherian and Purvi Agarwal; Editing by Mark Potter and Marguerita Choy)

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