Futures for the three major U.S. averages average, following the announcement by President Trump that the U.S. FDA has issued emergency use authorization for convalescent plasma for COVID-19 treatment.
Separately, President Trump’s team of private U.S. companies say they can still do business with the WeChat messaging app in China, Bloomberg reports.
S&P 500 futures rise 0.7%, Futures of Nasdaq + 0.9% and the Dow presses 0.7% higher.
10-year Treasury slips, pressing yield nearly 1 basis point up to 0.64%.
Crude oil profit 0.7% to $ 42.65 per barrel as a hurricane and tropical storm hit the Gulf of Mexico; gold takes 0.5% to $ 1,956.40 per ounce.
The dollar index tie 0.2% to 93.08.
In Europe, the Stoxx Europe 600 index is takes 1.4%, UK FTSE 100 Index adds 1.6%, The DAX of Germany profit 1.7% and France’s CAC climbs 1.8%.
In Asia, Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Index closed 1.7%, ahead of Japan’s Nikkei 225 rose 0.3% and the Shanghai Composite increased 0.2%.
