* U.S. shares decrease in early New York buying and selling

* Gold costs rally

* U.S. bond costs fall (Updates with early U.S. markets; adjustments dateline; earlier LONDON)

NEW YORK, Jan 4 (Reuters) – A worldwide inventory index fell on Monday, the primary buying and selling day of the brand new yr, pulling again after current beneficial properties to document highs, and the U.S. greenback was close to flat.

U.S. shares have been down sharply by late morning in New York, with the S&P 500 almost 1.4% decrease.

Shares hit data early within the session as buyers centered on the rollout of COVID-19 vaccines.

However buyers rapidly turned cautious over the trail of the virus, which continues to unfold amid the invention of a brand new variant.

The end result of runoff elections on Tuesday in Georgia for 2 U.S. Senate seats added to investor nervousness.

“It’s a small reversal, however I believe folks got here within the morning to begin the yr with some optimism, however the cloudy political image within the U.S. is weighing down the markets slightly bit,” mentioned Rick Meckler, accomplice at Cherry Lane Investments in New Vernon, New Jersey.

MSCI’s All-Nation World Index, which tracks shares throughout 49 international locations, was down 0.6% after earlier hitting a document excessive.

The Dow Jones Industrial Common fell 535.35 factors, or 1.75%, to 30,071.13, the S&P 500 misplaced 59.08 factors, or 1.57%, to three,696.99 and the Nasdaq Composite dropped 183.74 factors, or 1.43%, to 12,704.55.

The pan-European STOXX 600 index rose 0.687%, whereas Britain’s FTSE 100 index was up 1.7% on its first post-Brexit buying and selling day.

Britain started vaccinating its inhabitants with the COVID-19 shot developed by Oxford College and AstraZeneca on Monday.

With the lag between a full vaccine rollout and a worldwide financial restoration, buyers will depend on central banks to maintain cash low cost.

Minutes of the Federal Reserve’s December assembly are due on Wednesday and will provide extra element on discussions about making the Fed’s ahead coverage steering extra express and the possibility of an extra enhance in asset shopping for this yr.

Friday brings the U.S. December payroll report.

In currencies, the U.S. greenback recovered after falling to its lowest degree since April 2018.

The greenback index rose 0.088%, with the euro up 1.03% to $1.2262.

The Japanese yen strengthened 0.03% versus the buck at 103.17 per greenback, whereas Sterling was final buying and selling at $1.3561, down 0.80% on the day.

Gold costs have been up greater than 2%, U.S. crude futures and Brent futures have been decrease.

Benchmark 10-year Treasury notes final fell 4/32 in value to yield 0.9248%.