Wall St. rises on hopes for trade talks, Fed rate cuts

Reuters

Published Jun 18, 2019 04:04PM ET

Wall St. rises on hopes for trade talks, Fed rate cuts

(Reuters) - U.S. stocks surged on Tuesday and the S&P 500 approached a record high after Washington rekindled trade talks with Beijing, boosting sentiment along with growing investor confidence that the U.S. Federal Reserve will cut interest rates this year.