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Investors eye more trade deals, updates from President Trump’s trip to the Middle East and fresh consumer inflation data after U.S. stocks soared Monday as investors celebrated major progress on U.S.-China trade talks.
Stock futures rose Sunday after Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said “substantial progress” was made in trade negotiations with Chinese officials, potentially thawing tensions kickstarted by Trump’s escalating tariff policy.
U.S. benchmark oil prices settled Tuesday at their highest in three weeks, as trade-war optimism helped “alleviate consumer-demand concerns and recession worries,” said Tyler Richey, co-editor at Sevens Report Research.
U.S. stocks soared Monday as investors celebrated major progress on a U.S.-China trade deal. The Dow added over 1,100 points, exiting correction territory, while the Nasdaq Composite began a fresh bull market.
US stocks surged to close near the highs of the session on Monday after a US-China deal to temporarily slash reciprocal tariffs offered relief to markets worried about a trade war. Wall Street notched a banner day after the US and China put tariffs on pause for 90 days,
In a significant development for global trade, the United States and China have agreed to a 90-day pause in their escalating tariff war, substantially reducing tariffs on each other's goods. The US will cut tariffs on Chinese imports from 145% to 30%,