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(Bloomberg) — The record-setting advance in global equities took a breather in early Asian trading Tuesday, as investors braced for a flurry of megacap technology earnings and policy announcements from major central banks this week.

Equity gauges in Japan and South Korea retreated from record highs, while shares in Australia also fell at the open. US indexes closed at all-time highs as Chinese and US trade negotiators lined up an array of diplomatic wins for Donald Trump and Xi Jinping to unveil at a summit this week. An index of US-listed Chinese shares rose 1.6%.

The yen gained after seven consecutive days of weakening as a minister said the government will monitor the currency’s weakness. Gold rebounded after slumping more than 3% to trade below $4,000 an ounce in the previous session while a gauge of the dollar edged lower for a second day. Technology stocks will be in focus after Amazon.com Inc. planned to cut as many as 30,000 jobs, Reuters reported. Treasuries inched higher Tuesday.

Easing trade tensions have helped fuel a stock rally, while US companies have so far emerged largely unscathed by tariffs, protecting margins through price increases and cost cuts. That optimism faces a reality check this week as investors look to the Federal Reserve meeting for clues on the path of rate cuts, while major technology firms including Amazon and Microsoft Corp. reveal whether earnings momentum can be sustained.

“With the Fed on track to cut rates, extending the run would appear to hinge on this week’s lineup of high-profile earnings releases,” said Chris Larkin at E*Trade from Morgan Stanley. “And it may, barring any surprises in US-China trade negotiations.”

The S&P 500 topped 6,875 — notching its best three-day rally since May. Qualcomm Inc. shares rose to their highest price in 15 months after unveiling chips and computers for the lucrative AI data center market, aiming to challenge Nvidia Corp. in the fastest-growing part of the industry.

On Wednesday and Thursday, five firms that account for about a quarter of the US benchmark — Microsoft Corp., Alphabet Inc., Meta Platforms Inc., Amazon.com and Apple Inc. — will report results. A gauge of the “Magnificent Seven” megacaps jumped 2.6%.

On trade, Trump told reporters on Monday that “I really feel good” about a deal with China, after officials unveiled a slew of agreements to ease tensions.

Trump is in Tokyo Tuesday to meet with Japanese leaders.

While markets cheered the latest developments, some analysts cautioned the deal now teed up for Trump and Xi to sign in South Korea ignored thorny issues.

Fundamental fights over national security appeared untouched, they said, along with Trump’s stated core mission of rebalancing trade. Making that harder, Chinese investment into America remains heavily restricted.

“While these developments have lifted market spirits, analysts remain skeptical that the underlying issues — such as national security and tech competition — will be fully resolved,” said Fawad Razaqzada at City Index and Forex.com. “Nevertheless, traders have embraced the risk-on mood.”

Chinese bonds will also be in focus Tuesday after reports by state-owned media that the People’s Bank of China will restart its sovereign bond trading operations, a move that analysts said may be aimed at supporting the debt market and boosting liquidity.

Corporate News:

Domino’s Pizza Enterprises Ltd. shares soared after the Australian Financial Review reported Bain Capital is considering buying the fast-food chain in a deal worth as much as A$4 billion ($2.6 billion). Nidec Corp. shares tumbled as much as their daily limit of 19% on Tuesday as the company is set to be removed from the Nikkei 225 Stock Average and was flagged for special oversight by the Tokyo Stock Exchange. CSL Ltd. shares slumped after Australia’s largest drugmaker scrapped plans to complete a demerger of its Seqirus vaccines business by June 2026, citing heightened volatility in the US influenza vaccine market that it said would prevent the move from realizing full value for shareholders. Some of the main moves in markets:

Stocks

S&P 500 futures were little changed as of 9:56 a.m. Tokyo time Hang Seng futures rose 0.4% Nikkei 225 futures (OSE) fell 0.3% Japan’s Topix fell 0.5% Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 fell 0.4% Euro Stoxx 50 futures were little changed Currencies

The Bloomberg Dollar Spot Index was little changed The euro was little changed at $1.1656 The Japanese yen rose 0.2% to 152.52 per dollar The offshore yuan was little changed at 7.1048 per dollar The Australian dollar was little changed at $0.6559 Cryptocurrencies

Bitcoin fell 0.4% to $113,955.01 Ether fell 0.3% to $4,116.02 Bonds

The yield on 10-year Treasuries was little changed at 3.98% Japan’s 10-year yield declined 1.5 basis points to 1.650% Australia’s 10-year yield declined two basis points to 4.16% Commodities

West Texas Intermediate crude fell 0.2% to $61.19 a barrel Spot gold rose 0.6% to $4,006.35 an ounce This story was produced with the assistance of Bloomberg Automation.

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