World stocks mostly edged up on Monday after the U.S. and China said they were closing in on a trade deal, without giving a timeline, and amid optimism over corporate earnings.
Britain’s FTSE 100 was flat at 7,433 while the CAC 40 in France gained 0.1% to 5,509. Germany’s DAX was also up 0.1%, at 12,017.
On Wall Street, the future contract for the broad S&P 500 index was flat, while that for the Dow Jones Industrial Average was 0.2% higher.
