The US markets ended higher with gains of over one percent on Monday after President Donald Trump said China wants to return to the negotiating table, in the wake of another round of tariffs announced Friday by Beijing and Washington. Trump said at the G-7 summit in France that top Chinese officials had called asking for the resumption of trade talks. He added ‘they have been hurt very badly, but they understand this is the right thing to do. And I have great respect for it. This is a very positive development for the world.’ However, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Geng Shuang said he was not aware of any call between US and Chinese officials and Trump refused to provide details. Besides, Trump announced after the market’s close Friday that the US would raise tariffs on $250 billion worth of Chinese goods to 30% from 25%, while tariffs on $300 billion in imports from China would go to 15% from 10%.
On the economic data front, reflecting a continued spike in orders for transportation equipment, the Commerce Department released a report showing new orders for US durable goods jumped much more than expected in the month of July. The report said durable goods orders surged up by 2.1 percent in July following a downwardly revised 1.8 percent increase in June. Street had expected orders to climb by 1.1 percent compared to the 1.9 percent jump that had been reported for the previous month. The much stronger than expected growth came as orders for transportation equipment spiked by 7.0 percent in July after surging up by 4.1 percent in June. Orders for transportation equipment plunged by 7.5 percent in May. Orders for non-defense aircraft and parts and defense aircraft and parts soared by 47.8 percent and 34.4 percent, respectively.
Dow Jones Industrial Average surged 269.93 points or 1.05 percent to 25898.83, Nasdaq gained 101.97 points or 1.32 percent to 7853.73 and S&P 500 was up by 31.27 points or 1.10 percent to 2878.38.
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