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Global stock index shows biggest weekly loss since

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Gold hits record high of $3,000/oz before paring

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U.S. stocks rise after confirming correction

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German bond yields rise on prospects of fiscal deal

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Investors remain nervous over escalating global trade

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(Updates prices after U.S. stock market close)

By Sinéad Carew and Naomi Rovnick

NEW YORK/ LONDON, March 14 (Reuters) - U.S. equities

followed European stocks higher on Friday to end a bumpy week on

a positive note, although safe-haven gold hit a record high with

investors still showing some signs of anxiety about the economic

impact of tariffs.

German government bond yields and the euro rose on

Friday, with German Chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz saying

he had secured crucial backing from the Greens for a massive

increase in state borrowing.

Germany's news helped boost U.S. Treasury yields, according

to Garrett Melson, portfolio strategist at Natixis Investment

Managers, who also attributed equity gains on Friday to the S&P

500 confirming it was in a correction on Thursday.

"It's been a sharp decline from the highs in mid-February,"

said Melson.

"You're seeing some signs of it at least getting an

intermediate low and a little bit of a relief rally," he said.

"There's not really anything meaningful in the way of news to

really drive a rally other than just the technicals."

On Wall Street, the Dow Jones Industrial Average

closed up 674.62 points, or 1.65%, at 41,488.19 while the S&P

500 rose 117.42 points, or 2.13%, to 5,638.94 for its

biggest one-day percentage gain since Nov. 6, the day after the

U.S. election.

The benchmark S&P index had finished Thursday more than 10%

below its February record close after U.S. President Donald

Trump threatened to impose a 200% tariff on European wine and

spirit imports, the latest trade war escalation after Europe

retaliated against U.S. tariffs on steel and aluminium.

Last week the Nasdaq confirmed it was in a

correction, driven lower by tariff and growth uncertainties as

well as high valuations for megacap tech stocks. The Nasdaq

Composite ended up 451.07 points, or 2.61% at 17,754.09

on Friday, for its biggest daily gain since November 6.

MSCI's broadest gauge of global stocks rose

14.73 points, or 1.79%, to 836.32 on Friday, but still showed

its biggest weekly fall since December.

Earlier, the pan-European STOXX 600 index closed up

1.14%.

Spot gold breached $3,000 an ounce for the first time

in early London trading, before losing ground to last trade down

0.17% to $2,982.72 an ounce. The precious metal is still up

close to 14% year-to-date, as trade wars and growth worries

boost its safe-haven appeal.

In fixed income, the yield on the benchmark German 10-year

Bunds was last at 2.876% after earlier rising as

high as 2.936%.

U.S. Treasury yields rose as the stock market recovery

reduced safe-haven demand for U.S. government debt.

The yield on benchmark U.S. 10-year notes rose

4.2 basis points to 4.318%, from 4.276% late on Thursday, while

the 30-year bond yield rose 2.9 basis points to

4.6248%.

The 2-year note yield, which typically moves

in step with interest rate expectations for the Federal Reserve,

rose 7 basis points to 4.023%, from 3.953% late on Thursday.

"What you've had over the past week or two is a repricing of

what's called the Trump put lower for equities, while at the

same time, understanding that tariffs are probably here to stay

in some form and aren't just a negotiating tactic," said Zachary

Griffiths, senior strategist at CreditSights.

In currencies, the euro gained broadly on optimism about

Germany. Against the dollar, the euro was up 0.28% at

$1.0882 while against the pound it gained 0.44% and

rose 0.63% against the Swiss franc.

Against the Japanese yen, the dollar strengthened

0.55% to 148.62. Against the Swiss franc, the greenback

strengthened 0.33% to 0.885, supported by hopes the U.S.

government would avoid a shutdown over the weekend.

Oil prices rebounded 1% to end the week nearly unchanged as

investors weighed the diminishing prospects of a quick end to

the Ukraine war that could bring back more Russian energy

supplies to Western markets.

Brent crude futures settled 70 cents, or 1%, higher

at $70.58 a barrel, after falling 1.5% in the previous session.

U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude closed at $67.18 a

barrel, up 63 cents, or 1%, after losing 1.7% on Thursday.

Earlier in Asia, MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific

shares outside Japan had closed up almost 1% but

lost almost 1.5% for the week.