Wall Street shows caution in the premarket awaiting developments in the negotiations between the US and China

Wall Street shows caution in the premarket awaiting developments in the negotiations between the US and China

October 21, 2025 – 09:09

The meeting between Donald Trump and Xi Jinping is scheduled for next week. The North American president cited rare earths, fentanyl and soybeans as some of the issues to discuss with his Chinese counterpart.

The main indices of Wall Street They operate without a clear trend in the pre-opening this Tuesday, a day marked not just for a new round of corporate balance sheets but because of the expectation of developments in the trade negotiations between the US and China.

In this context, the index that groups the most important companies in the new york stock exchange he S&P 500 rises 0.03% in the “premarket”while the Nasdaq Composite, dedicated to the technology sector, increases 0.03%. For its part, the industrial index Dow Jones moves 0.02% downward.

In the previous one, the actions with the greatest increases are General Motors (+9.2%), Rtx Corps (+4.7%) and Elevance Health (+4.2%). On the opposite side, the companies with the greatest losses stand out Newmont Goldcorp (-3.72%), Northtrop Grumman (-2.16%) and PulteGroup (-2%).

Before the opening of Wall Street, the financial results of General Motors, GE Aerospace, RTX Corp, Coca-Cola and Lockheed Martin. At the end of the session, Netflix and Texas Instruments will present their results.

Regarding the commercial level, donald trump warned this Tuesday that the United States will not allow China “play the rare earth game” and demanded to stop sending fentanyl and resuming the purchase of soybeansjust before a new round of negotiations in Malaysia, as a fragile trade ceasefire approaches its expiration on November 10.

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Wall Street's main indices are hovering around their all-time highs.

Wall Street’s main indices are hovering around their all-time highs.

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The keys in global markets

In the rest of the world, the situation is bullish. In Europe, for example, the Euro Stoxx rises 0.26% and reaches its historical maximum, thanks to Infineon (+2.29%), Airbus Group (+2.14%) and Hermes International (+1.67%).

At the local level, the increases are also widespread: the German DAX increases 0.19% and the French CAC accompanies with 0.53%. Outside the eurozone, the UK FTSE rises 0.32%.

In Asia, the Hang Seng of Hong Kong rose 0.65%, while the Shanghai stock market increased 1.36%. Accordingly, the Japanese Nikkei 225 increased 0.27%, and closed at its highest historical price, hand in hand with the arrival of Sanae Takaichi to the position of prime minister.


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