U.S. stock futures point to another upbeat day for Wall Street

U.S. stock futures pointed to more gains for markets Tuesday, as concerns about a global trade war continued to dissipate. Dow Jones Industrial Average futures YMM8, +0.65% rose 122 points, or 0.5%, to 24,313, while S&P 500 futures ESM8, +0.68% gained 11.75 points, or 0.4%, to 2,670.75. Nasdaq-100 futures NQM8, +0.96% added 37.75 points, or 0.6%, to 6,810.50. All three major benchmarks logged their best one-day gains since August 2015 on Monday, with the Dow DJIA, +2.84% climbing 669.40 points. Those gains were on the heels of the biggest weekly decline in more than two years. Stocks also saw sizeable gains across Asia, led by a 2.3% gain for the Nikkei 225 index NIK, +2.65% Across other assets, gold prices GCK8, -0.38% slipped modestly, while oil CLK8, +0.29% prices rose and the ICE Dollar Index DXY, -0.18% was flat.

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