The main US stock indexes finished trading in positive territory, which was due to the easing of trade tensions between the United States and China.

On the eve of US Treasury Secretary Mnuchin said that following the results of the negotiations, Washington and Beijing put the trade war "on a pause." According to the agreements reached, the parties agreed to suspend the increase in duties while working on a broad trade agreement, within which China will increase the import of energy resources and agricultural products from the US to reduce the annual deficit in trade with the US, which now exceeds $ 300 billion.

Investors also drew attention to data on the US and comments of the president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Bost. As it became known, the index of economic activity from the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago in April was +0.34, which is slightly higher than +0.32 in March and better than the forecasted level of +0.14. The three-month moving average or CFNAI-MA3 increased to +0.46 in April from +0.23 in March.

Meanwhile, Bostic said that the Fed is close to achieving its goals regarding employment and inflation. "I believe that the economy is on the right track," Bostik said. - The labor market has reached or approached the level of maximum employment, while inflation returns to the target 2% on a sustainable basis. "

Almost all components of DOW have finished trading in positive territory (27 out of 30). The leader of growth was the shares of The Boeing Company (BA, + 3.44%). Outsider were the shares of Merck & Co., Inc. (MRK, -1.00%).

Almost all sectors of S & P recorded a rise. The industrial goods sector grew most (+ 1.4%). Decrease showed only the health sector (-0.1%).

At closing:

Dow 25.013.36 +298.27 +1.21%

S&P 500 2,733.01 +20.04 +0.74%

Nasdaq 100 7,394.04 +39.70 +0.54%

• U.S. demands on Iran 'aren't unreasonable' and hopes Tehran takes a different path

• Convinced that over time allies will recognize that Trump administration strategy is the right one toward Iran

U.S. stock-index futures rose on Monday, supported by comments from the U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, who said on Sunday that the U.S.-China trade war was put "on hold" as the countries agreed to drop their tariff threats while they work on a wider trade agreement.

Global Stocks:

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Tesla (TSLA) target raised to $500 from $470 at Berenberg

• If we don't get what we want on China trade, Trump can put tariffs back on

• Structural changes to U.S. trade with China will be part of our framework, will continue to have meetings

• We'll see where we get on NAFTA talks in next few weeks, still trying to get a new deal done

• Catalonia needs to return to institutional, economic, social normality

• Needs a government that is capable of serious dialogue

• Says C.Bank does not see strong impact from rouble rate on inflation

• C.Bank to review its short-term oil price forecast in june

• There is only marginal impact from roulbe weakness in april on inflation

• Outlook for Netherlands reflects expectation that it would be able to withstand potential financial and economic shocks

• Risks to Netherlands' growth stem from external environment - Brexit, increasing tendency toward protectionism, potential reduction in global trade

Japan had a merchandise trade surplus of 626.0 billion yen in April, according to rttnews.

That exceeded expectations for a surplus of 440.0 billion yen following the downwardly revised 797.0 billion yen surplus in March (originally 797.3 billion yen).

Exports were up 7.8 percent on year, missing forecasts for an increase of 8.7 percent but up from 2.1 percent in the previous month.

Imports advanced an annual 5.9 percent versus expectations for 9.8 percent following the 0.6 percent contraction a month earlier.

• Industry movements were divided, with 7 showing higher sales volumes and 8 showing lower sales volumes.

• Electrical and electronic goods had the largest dollar volume increase in this series, up 5.4 percent. Trends for the sales volume in this industry have been rising over the past 10 years; coincidently price changes in this industry have generally fallen over the same period.

• Supermarket and grocery stores, plus pharmaceutical and other store-based industries, both recorded notable increases for the March 2018 quarter, up 1.0 percent and 2.7 percent, respectively.

• Clothing, footwear, and accessories had the largest fall in the March 2018 quarter, down 5.0 percent, after a year of increased sales growth.

• Fuel showed a 2.1 percent fall in sales volume when the effects of price changes are removed.

EUR/USD

Resistance levels (open interest**, contracts)

$1.1935 (1997)

$1.1876 (1653)

$1.1838 (329)

Price at time of writing this review: $1.1752

Support levels (open interest**, contracts):

$1.1721 (2898)

$1.1692 (3144)

$1.1659 (2426)

Comments:

- Overall open interest on the CALL options and PUT options with the expiration date June, 8 is 153156 contracts (according to data from May, 18) with the maximum number of contracts with strike price $1,1400 (7177);

GBP/USD

Resistance levels (open interest**, contracts)

$1.3649 (2688)

$1.3618 (939)

$1.3568 (1028)

Price at time of writing this review: $1.3432

Support levels (open interest**, contracts):

$1.3409 (2387)

$1.3381 (1298)

$1.3349 (2472)

Comments:

- Overall open interest on the CALL options with the expiration date June, 8 is 38599 contracts, with the maximum number of contracts with strike price $1,3600 (2688);

- Overall open interest on the PUT options with the expiration date June, 8 is 40839 contracts, with the maximum number of contracts with strike price $1,3400 (2472);

- The ratio of PUT/CALL was 1.06 versus 1.04 from the previous trading day according to data from May, 18.

* - The Chicago Mercantile Exchange bulletin (CME) is used for the calculation.

** - Open interest takes into account the total number of option contracts that are open at the moment.