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Stocks set to open higher as Treasury official says no plans to ban China listings on U.S. exchanges

U.S. stock-indexes on Monday were headed slightly higher to end the month and quarter as a Treasury official said there were no immediate plans to prevent Chinese companies from listing on domestic exchanges, momentarily calming a fear that buckled equities on Friday.
Market participants, however, were also keeping an eye on developments surrounding a House impeachment inquiry against President Donald Trump.
What are major indexes doing?
Futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average YMZ19, +0.16% were up 67 points, or 0.3%, at 26,865, while S&P 500 futures ESZ19, +0.17% were up 8.95 points, or 0.3%, at 2,973. Nasdaq-100 futures NQZ19, +0.31% rose 34 points to reach 7,734.75, a gain of 0.4%.
On Friday, the Dow DJIA, -0.26% lost 70.87 points or 0.3%, to finish at 26,820.25, while the S&P 500 index SPX, -0.53%  lost 15.83 points, or 0.5%, to close at 2,961.79. The Nasdaq Composite Index COMP, -1.13% gave up 91.03 points, or 1.1%, ending at 7,939.63.
For the week, the Dow shed 0.43%, the S&P 500 retreated 1.01%, while the Nasdaq lost 2.19%.
What’s driving the market?
Bloomberg News, citing Treasury spokeswoman Monica Crowley, reported that the Trump administration isn’t contemplating blocking Chinese companies from “listing shares on U.S. stock exchanges at this time.”
The Treasury officials comments come after Bloomberg reported on Friday that the White House has been discussing ways to curb U.S. portfolio inflows into China, a crackdown that could hit billions worth of investments and escalate the Sino-American trade war.
The reports come as Chinese negotiators are set to meet Oct. 10-11 in Washington, with Chinese Vice Premier Liu He to lead the delegation from Beijing.
Tensions between the U.S. and China on trade have been rattling global markets for the past year, because the conflict between the world’s largest economies has the potential to hurt economies around the world.
Investors are also watching the fallout from a whistleblower report released on Thursday, which alleged that Trump attempted to coerce Ukraine to produce damaging information on Democratic rival Joe Biden and his son, and that White House officials acted to conceal evidence of his actions. The controversy around the report prompted House Democrats to launch a formal impeachment inquiry.
The whistleblower is expected to testify in front of the House, “very soon,” though in a way that will protect the persons identity, according to Rep. Adam Schiff of California, the chairman of the House Intelligence Committee.
On Sunday, Trump called for Schiff “to be questioned at the highest level for fraud and treason,” arguing that Schiff misrepresented the contents of the whistleblower complaint during a hearing last week.
Looking ahead, investors are awaiting a report at 9:45 a.m. Eastern Time on business conditions in the Chicago area, Chicago PMIs, and a survey that tracks monthly factory activity in Texas, the Dallas Fed manufacturing survey, due at 10:45 a.m.
Which stocks are in focus?
Blackstone Group IncBX, -4.58%  affiliate Blackstone Real Estate Partners IX said Monday it would buy Colony Industrial, the real-estate assets and industrial operating platform of Colony Capital, for $5.9 billion, including debt. Blackstone shares rose 0.7% before the start of trade Monday.
Tesla IncTSLA, -0.18%  shares could be in focus after a judge ruled late Fridaythat the electric-car manufacturer engaged in unfair labor practices in discouraging its employees from forming a union.
Shares of Xcel Energy IncXEL, -0.32%  fell 1.2% after the firm announced that regulators denied a subsidiary’s request to purchase Mankato Energy Center.
How are other markets trading?
The yield on the 10-year U.S. Treasury note TMUBMUSD10Y, +0.00%  rose about 2 basis points to 1.692%.
In commodities markets, West Texas Intermediate crude oil for November delivery CLX19, -1.20%  fell 58 cents to $55.34 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange.
Gold for December delivery GCZ19, -1.15%  fell $15.60 to $1,490.80 an ounce, falling well below a psychologically significant level at $1,500 an ounce.
In Asia, the China CSI 300 000300, -0.99%  lost 1%, Japan’s Nikkei 225NIK, -0.56%  retreated 0.6% but Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Index HSI, +0.53% gained 0.5%. European stocks were mostly higher, as measured by the Stoxx Europe 600 SXXP, +0.22%.
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