U.S. stock-market futures on rise after trade-talks update from China's Xi
U.S. stock market futures reversed course and shot up into positive territory late Thursday after China's Xinhua News Agency reported that President Xi Jinping said in a letter to President Donald Trump that substantial progress has been made in U.S.-China trade talks in the past month, and called for negotiations to end as soon as possible.
See Full Story Stock-index futures edge up on U.S.-China trade hopes; jobs report awaited Stock-index futures traded up slightly Friday, getting a lift amid cautious optimism over U.S.-China trade talks as investors await March jobs data. Have breaking news sent to your inbox. Subscribe to MarketWatch's free Bulletin emails. Sign up here.
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