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Trump arrived in Beijing on Wednesday for the closely watched summit, joined by a delegation of American business leaders, including Tesla CEO Elon Musk and Nvidia chief Jensen Huang.
Japan’s Nikkei 225 added 0.55%, while the Topix rose 0.8%. South Korea’s Kospi index slid 0.36% and the small-cap Kosdaq was little changed. In Australia, the S&P/ASX 200 gained 0.11%.
Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index futures were at 26,341, slightly below the index’s last close of 26,389.04.
Failure to handle the matter “properly” could place “the entire relationship in great jeopardy,” Xi was quoted as saying.
U.S. stock futures were little changed on Thursday night. Dow futures fell by 10 points, or 0.02%. S&P 500 futures dipped 0.02%, and Nasdaq 100 futures rose 0.06%.
Overnight in the U.S., the Dow Jones Industrial Average retook 50,000 after Cisco Systems reported strong earnings. The 30-stock index popped 370.26 points, or 0.75%, to end at 50,063.46.
The S&P 500 climbed 0.77% and closed at 7,501.24, while the Nasdaq Composite gained 0.88% to 26,635.22. Those two indexes scored fresh all-time intraday highs and record closes.
— CNBC’s Sean Conlon and Lisa Kailai Han contributed to this report
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