U.S. stock indices open with slight gains. Today, the market's full attention is focused on the results of trade talks between the U.S. and China. At the time of publication, the US500 is up +0.05%, the US100 +0.10%, and the US2000 +0.40%.
Investors are closely following today’s trade discussions between the U.S. and China in London. The meeting includes top-ranking officials from both countries. The goal is to establish mutually beneficial trade terms and broader agreements. The main sticking points remain tariffs and export restrictions on critical rare earth metals. The meetings follow a preliminary truce reached in Geneva last month and a recent phone call between Presidents Trump and Xi, after which China resumed some shipments of rare earths essential to U.S. industry.
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US2000
The small-cap index US2000 is outperforming today, gaining 0.58% to 2,144 points. Since the start of the trade war in early April, US2000's rebound has been only slightly weaker than that of the US500. Small-cap companies are more vulnerable to economic slowdown concerns and higher interest rates in the U.S. Therefore, any easing of these risk factors should positively affect the relative strength of the US2000 compared to other U.S. indices.
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