CORRECTED - GLOBAL MARKETS-US stocks little changed, oil at another record
(Corrects 7th paragraph to show that shares of Exxon and Chevron rose more than 1.5 percent, not 11.5 percent)
(Adds close of U.S. markets)
* Rising energy shares offset bearish mood in U.S. stocks
* Dollar tumbles on bearish consumer sentiment data
* Gold crosses $900 ounce for first time in three weeks
By Herbert Lash
NEW YORK, May 16 (Reuters) - U.S. stocks were little changed on Friday as oil prices streaking toward $128 a barrel lifted energy shares and offset investor worries about a slump in U.S. consumer confidence to a 28-year low.
Gold, a traditional hedge against inflation, broke above a key psychological level of $900 per ounce for the first time in three weeks as crude oil surged to a record $127.82.
U.S. government debt prices turned lower in afternoon trade as stocks erased a majority of their losses and Treasuries ran into technical "perceived" resistance at 3.78 percent on 10-year yields and 3.03 percent on five-year yields. Continued...







