* Investors buy on breaks, igniting late-session rally

* Strong sentiment could boost prices early next week (Recasts, updates comments, closing prices, market activity, changes dateline from LONDON)

* Disappointing Dell results drag down Wall Street

* Oil settles under $77 barrel on dollar rise, equity slip

* Strong dollar, weak stock markets pressure oil

* Increase in floating storage shields weak demand

* Investors fret about the recovery, curb riskier bets

* Weak results from Dell, D.R. Horton weigh

* Strong dollar, weak stock markets pressure oil

* Increase in floating storage shields weak demand

* Wall St dragged lower after disappointing Dell results

* Oil falls under $77 barrel on dollar rise, equity slide

* FTSEurofirst 300 falls 0.8 pct; hits 2-week closing low

* Banks among top losers; Ukrainian debt concerns weigh

* Strong dollar, weak stock markets pressure oil

* Building floating storage shields weak demand

* Strong dollar, weak stock markets pressure oil

* Building floating storage shields weak demand

* Dollar up for second straight day as risk appetite fades

* Stocks decline, banks park funds in Treasuries

* Dollar index <.DXY> rises as risk appetite wanes

* Gold remains supported by inflation fears, cenbank buying

* Dell shares fall after Q3 sales miss view

* D.R. Horton down after Q4 loss

* Dell shares fall after Q3 sales miss view

* D.R. Horton down after Q4 loss

* Dollar index <.DXY> rises as risk appetite wanes

* Gold remains supported by inflation fears, cenbank buying

* Strong dollar, weak stock markets pressure oil

* Building floating storage shields weak demand

* World stocks fall on bank worries

* Wall Street set for losses at open

* Dollar index <.DXY> rises as risk appetite wanes

* Gold remains supported by inflation fears, cenbank buying

* Dell shares fall after Q3 sales miss view

* Crude oil drops as U.S. dollar rises

* World stocks fall and dollar rises

* Wall Street set for losses at open

* Dollar index up 0.6 pct at 75.770 <.DXY>

* U.S. stock futures down; banks park funds in Treasuries

* FTSE 100 down 0.3 percent

* Miners, oils fall as commodities weaker

* Dollar strength offsets higher European equities

* Oil stuck in $75-$85 a barrel range

* Dollar index edges higher as risk appetite wanes

* Gold remains supported by inflation fears, cenbank buying

* Dollar index edges higher as risk appetite wanes

* Gold remains supported by inflation fears, cenbank buying

* Dollar strength offsets higher European equities

* Oil stuck in $75-$85 a barrel range

* Banks, oils firm; Fiat tops FTSEurofirst 300 fallers

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* World stocks and dollar rise

* Europe stocks gain, Japan lower

* Dollar, yen hold strength amid weak risk appetite

* Oil on track for 1.7 pct weekly gain, but still range bound

* Investors close shorts in dollar and yen before year-end

* Shares soft after Wall St down, risk appetite capped

* Dlr steady as investors fret about economic recovery

* Asian shares dip, tech shares hit by industry downgrade

* Dlr steady as investors fret about economic recovery

* Asian shares dip, tech shares hit by industry downgrade

* Firm dollar prompts investor profit taking after record hit

* SPDR unchanged but silver ETF renews peaks

RPT-Nikkei dips, first 4-wk losing streak in a year

TOKYO, Nov 20 (Reuters) - Japan's Nikkei stock average fell 0.5 percent on Friday and logged its first four-week losing streak in over a year, with techs hit by a poor outlook for U.S. peers as well as fears about the strength of the economic recovery.

TOKYO, Nov 20 (Reuters) - Japan's Nikkei stock average fell 0.5 percent on Friday and logged its first four-week losing streak in over a year, with techs hit by a poor outlook for U.S. peers as well as fears about the strength of the economic recovery.

The benchmark Nikkei <.N225> average fell 51.79 points to 9,497.68 , its lowest close in four months.

* Dollar, yen hold strength amid weak risk appetite

* Oil on track for 1.7 pct weekly gain, but still range bound

* Dlr firms as economic worries push investors to safe assets

* Asian shares dip, tech shares hit by industry downgrade

* Dlr firms as economic worries push investors to safe assets

* Asian shares dip, tech shares hit by industry downgrade

* Firm dollar prompts investor profit taking after record hit

* SPDR unchanged but silver ETF renews peaks

TOKYO, Nov 20 (Reuters) - U.S. crude futures rose towards $78 a barrel on Friday, making up some of the previous day's fall of more than 2 percent after a slide in equities and a rise in the dollar.

FUNDAMENTALS

(Corrects dollar rate in paragraph 10 to 89.02 yen, not 88.02.)

* Risk appetite wanes; stocks, commodities decline

(Corrects dollar rate in paragraph 10 to 89.02 yen, not 88.02.)

* Risk appetite wanes; stocks, commodities decline

(Repeats to attach to Sony alert)

TOKYO, Nov 20 (Reuters) - Japan's Nikkei average fell 1.1 percent on Friday, with Advantest Corp <6857.T> and other tech shares hit after disappointing U.S. data fed concerns about the economic recovery and tech shares fell on a brokerage downgrade.

TOKYO, Nov 20 (Reuters) - Japan's Nikkei average fell 1.1 percent on Friday, with Advantest Corp <6857.T> and other tech shares hit after disappointing U.S. data fed concerns about the economic recovery and tech shares fell on a brokerage downgrade.

Sony Corp <6758.T> opened down 3.2 percent after it announced a new business strategy in which it pushed back an elusive target of an operating profit margin of 5 percent to March 2013, though it also said it aimed to make its LCD TV and game operations profitable next year. [ID:nT265644]

TOKYO, Nov 20 (Reuters) - Gold prices edged up on Friday despite the dollar's firmness as sentiment remained upbeat on strong investment demand for bullion.

FUNDAMENTALS

* Stocks slump worldwide as growth reassessed

* Dollar recovers vs euro, but loses ground to yen