Asian stocks rose Wednesday, having opened on a cautiously optimistic note after Chinese and U.S. negotiators reached a framework aimed at putting their trade truce back on track.

US stocks closed higher as investors wait for news from another day of China-US trade talks in London. Key inflation data are also ahead.

China plans to remove tariffs on all imports from almost all African countries, expanding an arrangement that previously covered only those deemed the least developed as Beijing seeks to strengthen economic ties with more partners amid a trade war with the US.

The U.S. and China have resumed trade talks with a focus on precious metals and technology. Here are 5 Strong Buy Stocks poised to benefit.

U.S. stocks drifted just below their all-time high as the wait continues to hear what will come of trade talks underway between the United States and China.

US stocks (^DJI, ^IXIC, ^GSPC) eased off the gas and closed Wednesday's session slightly in the red after May's Consumer Price Index (PPI) indicated inflation to be cooling. Yahoo Finance senior markets reporter Josh Schafer examines the trading day's biggest themes and catalysts for equities,

Investor interest in rare earth minerals is rising, a source of strength for shares in the rare earth miner MP Materials. The stock rose early on Friday after jumping late Thursday following a Bloomberg report that the Defense Department might provide additional capital to boost production.

Despite a weaker US dollar, Asian equities were off overnight on growing chatter of a coming Middle East crisis and Trump’s tariff threat reiteration.