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Stock Futures Rise on Fed Decision Day as China-U.S. Trade Talks Cheer Investors
Stock Futures Rise on Fed Decision Day as China-U.S. Trade Talks Cheer Investors · Barrons.com

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Stocks looked set to rise on Wednesday, with investors hopeful that trade tensions between the U.S. and China could cool now that representatives of the world’s two largest economies are headed to the negotiating table. S&P 500 futures were up 0.6%, and contracts tied to the tech-heavy Nasdaq 100 also gained 0.6%. The three blue-chip indexes had tumbled Tuesday on renewed tariff fears, but investors news of a trade summit between Washington and Beijing lifted sentiment.