TRADING DAY Making sense of the forces driving global markets. By Alden Bentley, Americas Finance and Markets Breaking News Editor. Jamie is away so I'll provide a round-up of today's main market moves below.

In public remarks on Wednesday, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the U.S. is willing to negotiate with China, which sent markets higher. The comments from Bessent affirmed a shift toward de-escalation he reportedly shared at a private JPMorgan event a day earlier. Bloomberg News first reported those remarks.

The U.S. and China held talks on Thursday morning to help resolve an ongoing trade war, President Donald Trump said. "We may reveal it later, but they had meetings this morning, and we've been meeting with China,