The pullback in the major U.S. equity........>

STOCKS: The pullback in the major U.S. equity indices ahead of the Wall St.

close came about after U.S. President Trump noted that he expects a "quick"

trade deal with China. Trump also noted that his administration's blacklisting

of Chinese telecom giant Huawei could become a bargaining chip in trade

negotiations with China. This pullback has spilled into U.S. equity index

futures during Asia-Pac hours, and likely prevented a worst case scenario for

regional equity markets, which trade mixed at writing.

- That being said, worries re: global growth remain, which resulted in Chinese &

Hong Kong metrics pulling back from their early session peaks.

- Nikkei 225 -0.5%, Hang Seng +0.2%, CSI 300 +0.1%, ASX 200 -0.7%.

- S&P 500 futures +9, DJIA futures +70, NASDAQ 100 futures +25.