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Early trends on the U.S. Futures Index suggest that Wall Street might open higher on Wednesday. Tariff discussions and geopolitical developments might be influencing investor sentiments.<\/p>\n

Further to the U.S.-European Union trade with the U.S., investors are looking ahead to the U.S. China talks in Stockholm. <\/p>\n

Asian shares finished mostly up, while European shares are trading mostly positive. <\/p>\n

In the Asian trading session, the dollar gained strength, and gold was steady below $3,315 per ounce. Crude oil futures steadied at around 10-day highs as Trump shortened the deadline for Russia oil sanctions.<\/p>\n

As of 8.10 am ET, the Dow futures were gaining 70.00 points, the S&P 500 futures were adding 15.50 points and the Nasdaq 100 futures were progressing 109.75 points.<\/p>\n

The U.S. major averages finished broadly up. The Nasdaq rose 70.27 points or 0.3 percent to 21,178.58 and the S&P 500 inched up 1.13 points or less than a tenth of percent to 6,389.77, while the narrower Dow edged down 64.36 points or 0.1 percent to 44,837.56.<\/p>\n

On the economic front, the International Trade in Goods (Advance) for June will be released at 8.30 am ET. The consensus is for a deficit of $99 billion, while in the prior month the deficit was $96.6 billion. Exports in May was down 5.2 percent. <\/p>\n

Retail Inventories (Advance) for June is scheduled at 8.30 am ET. In the prior month, the inventories were up 0.3 percent. <\/p>\n

The Wholesale Inventories (Advance) for June will be published at 8.30 am ET. The consensus is 0.0 percent, while it was down 0.3 percent in May. <\/p>\n

The Case-Shiller Home Price Index for May will is expected at 9.00 am ET. In the prior month, the 20-City adjusted home price index was 9.00 am.<\/p>\n

The Labor Department’s Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey for June will be issued at 10.00 am ET. The consensus is 7.4 million, while it was up 7.769 million. <\/p>\n

The 7-year Treasury Note auction will be published at 1.00 pm ET. The two-year Floating Rate Note auction will be released at 11.30 am ET. <\/p>\n

Asian stocks ended on a mixed note on Tuesday.
China’s Shanghai Composite index rose 0.33 percent to 3,609.71. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index dropped 0.15 percent to 25,524.45.<\/p>\n

Japanese markets<\/span> ended lower for a third straight session. The Nikkei average fell 0.79 percent to 40,674.55. The broader Topix index settled 0.75 percent lower at 2,908.64.<\/p>\n

Australian markets finished marginally higher. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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