- Before the bell: S&P futures +1.11%, NASDAQ futures +1.35%
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Before the bell: S&P futures +1.11%, NASDAQ futures +1.35%
U.S. stock-index futures surged on Tuesday, as a conciliatory tone of the statement of China's President Xi Jinping at the Boao Forum for Asia helped soothe investor worries about escalating U.S.-China trade tensions. In his speech, the PRC's leader announced plans to further open up the Chinese economy, including lowering import tariffs for automobiles and other products, enforcing the legal intellectual property of foreign companies and improving the investment environment for international companies.
Global Stocks:
| Index/commodity | Last | Today's Change, points | Today's Change, % |
| Nikkei | 21,794.32 | +116.06 | +0.54% |
| Hang Seng | 30,728.74 | +499.16 | +1.65% |
| Shanghai | 3,190.65 | +52.36 | +1.67% |
| S&P/ASX | 5,857.00 | +48.30 | +0.83% |
| FTSE | 7,237.50 | +42.75 | +0.59% |
| CAC | 5,290.16 | +26.77 | +0.51% |
| DAX | 12,372.34 | +110.59 | +0.90% |
| Crude | $64.43 | | +1.59% |
| Gold | $1,339.90 | | -0.01% |
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