Premarket: World stocks hang onto hope as trade talk confusion lingers

News Snapshot:

Global equity markets held at their best levels in over three weeks on Monday, reflecting some hopes that the worst of tariff pain is over, but confusion over U.S. trade policy lingered and trapped the dollar. European shares opened higher, U.S. stock futures were mixed and Asia made fractional gains at the start of an earnings-heavy week that also sees the release of key U.S. jobs data and is book ended with elections in Canada and Australia. U.S. President Donald Trump looms large in both. Trade tensions remained a key focus. While Trump has claimed progress is being made on...