(Bloomberg) — U.S. stock index futures gained as countries across the globe weighed when it would be safe to ease restrictions set in place to help contain the spread of coronavirus.Contracts on the S&P 500 gained 1.6% as of 6:51 a.m. in London, after declining 0.7% on Monday. Futures advanced 1.7% on the Nasdaq 100 Index and climbed 1.6% on the Dow Jones Industrial Average. President Donald Trump declared he has “total” authority to order states to relax social distancing to combat the coronavirus outbreak and reopen their economies.U.S. stock futures got a boost during Asian trading hours after data …read more
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