Asian markets trade mixed, US stocks point to rebound - Fox Business

Asian stocks were mixed Wednesday as uneasy investors watched for signs of progress on U.S.-China trade after Wall Street slid.

Japan's Nikkei ended the day with a slight gain of 0.1 percent. Shanghai retreated and Hong Kong was unchanged.

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U.S. equity futures were pointing to a rebound on Wednesday with gains of 0.4 percent.

Investors who worry the U.S.-Chinese tariff war will drag the global economy into recession were left guessing after President Trump's conflicting comments on trade talks.

Markets rose after Trump said Monday said Beijing was ready to negotiate seriously following two weekend phone calls. But a Chinese foreign ministry spokesman couldn't confirm any exchange had taken place.

On Wall Street, investors shifted money from stocks to U.S. government bonds, gold and other traditional safe-haven assets.

Ticker	Security	Last	Change	%Chg
I:DJI	DOW JONES AVERAGES	25777.9	-120.93	-0.47%
SP500	S&P 500	2869.16	-9.22	-0.32%
I:COMP	NASDAQ COMPOSITE INDEX	7826.946285	-26.79	-0.34%

In the Tuesday session, the S&P 500 index fell 0.3 percent, the Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 0.5 Percent and the Nasdaq slid 0.3 percent.

U.S. and Chinese trade negotiators are due to meet next month in Washington, but neither side has given any indication of offering concessions to break a deadlock. A round of talks last month in Shanghai ended with no sign of progress.

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Washington and Beijing fueled investor pessimism on Friday with an additional round of tit-for-tat tariff hikes. Their punitive duties on billions of dollars of each other's goods already have battered exporters on both sides and prompted forecasters to cut economic growth outlooks.

The Associated Press contributed to this article.

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