Stocks looked set to open in the green on Tuesday as the tariff relief rally kept rolling on, and investors braced for a Federal Reserve monetary policy meeting and a slew of Big Tech earnings.
Futures tracking the Dow Jones Industrial Average were up 64 points, or 0.1%. S&P 500 futures climbed 0.3% and contracts tied to the Nasdaq 100 added 0.4% after both indexes again notched closing highs in the previous session.
Investors are in a cheery mood because of President Donald Trump’s trade pacts with Japan and the European Union, which have allayed fears about the Aug. 1 deadline for deals to be done before U.S. tariffs on imported goods snap higher. The focus will now shift to a fresh round of talks between the U.S. and China, which kicked off in Stockholm on Monday.
Two other factors that could move the market are interest rates and second-quarter earnings. The Fed’s July meeting kicks off today–and while investors…
