GLOBAL MARKETS-Stocks, Dollar Up On US-China Trade Hope, Details Lacking

GLOBAL MARKET - SYDNEY. Wall Street stock futures climbed and the dollar firmed against safe haven peers on Monday as signs of progress in U.S.-China trade talks boosted hopes a global recession might be avoided, though specifics were still sorely lacking.

Geopolitical tensions also looked to be easing as a fragile ceasefire held between India and Pakistan, while Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said he was ready to meet Vladimir Putin in Turkey on Thursday for talks.