(The Closing Bell will be updated sometime after 4:00 PM CDST to include the latest updates from IBD and Bloomberg Evening Briefing.)
FYI: U.S. stocks rose Tuesday, buoyed by gains in the technology sector, after the White House said it would grant temporary exemptions to an export blacklist against Huawei Technologies.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 198 points, or 0.77%, to 25877. The S&P 500 added 0.85% and the Nasdaq Composite advanced 1.08%.
Shares of chip makers and hardware manufacturers bounced higher, helping major indexes chip away at some of their losses from the start of the week. Analysts attributed the gains to U.S. officials’ plans to give some suppliers and customers of Huawei a reprieve from trade penalties—something they said would help ease tensions between the U.S. and China as they attempt to resume trade talks.
The move “gives both sides more time to cool down and consider whether they’re going to take the step into the abyss,” said John Vail, chief global strategist at Nikko Asset Management.
Semiconductor firm Advanced Micro Devices rose 1.9%, while hard disk drive manufacturer Western Digital added 3.6% and chip maker Intel gained 2.3%.
Gains in shares of industrial companies also gave major indexes a lift. Many such companies have been viewed as proxies for investors’ optimism about trade, since their businesses are closely tied to global growth.
Caterpillar rose 1.8% and Boeing added 0.9%.
Elsewhere, the Stoxx Europe 600 advanced 0.5% to snap a two-day losing streak.
The British pound sank to a four-month low against the U.S. dollar as investors grappled with fresh worries about Brexit ahead of the European elections. Talks between Ms. May and the opposition Labour Party failed last week, raising fears that the U.K. might be headed toward a so-called hard Brexit.
“With PM May’s tenure heading into the final stretch it appears unlikely that a last-ditch attempt to get her withdrawal agreement through parliament next month will be successful,” said David Cheetham, chief market analyst at XTB.
Stocks in Asia ended mixed, with the Shanghai Composite rising 1.2% and Hong Kong’s Hang Seng losing 0.5% for its third straight session of declines.
Regards,
Ted
MarketWatch:
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/us-stock-futures-hint-at-rebound-as-investors-watch-trade-headlines-2019-05-21/printWSJ:
https://www.wsj.com/articles/global-stocks-gain-as-u-s-delays-technology-export-ban-11558424592Bloomberg:
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-05-20/asia-stocks-to-drop-on-tech-sell-off-dollar-falls-markets-wrap?srnd=premiumIBD:
CNBC:
https://www.cnbc.com/2019/05/21/stock-market-dow-in-focus-after-us-eases-huawei-trade-restrictions.htmlReuters:
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-stocks/tech-stocks-lead-rally-on-wall-street-after-huawei-breather-idUSKCN1SR17KU.K:
https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-britain-stocks/new-brexit-deal-huawei-reprieve-boost-ftse-100-idUKKCN1SR0NIEurope:
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-europe-stocks/european-stocks-rise-huawei-reprieve-boosts-tech-shares-idUSKCN1SR0Q5Asia:
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/asian-markets-mixed-as-investors-weigh-huawei-implications-2019-05-20/printBonds:
https://www.cnbc.com/2019/05/21/us-bonds-treasury-yields-move-lower-ahead-of-economic-data-auctions.htmlCurrencies:
https://www.cnbc.com/2019/05/21/forex-market-us-federal-reserve-huawei-in-focus.htmlOil:
https://www.cnbc.com/2019/05/21/oil-market-middle-east-tensions-opec-supply-cuts-in-focus.htmlGold
https://www.cnbc.com/2019/05/21/gold-market-us-china-tensions-dollar-moves-in-focus.htmlWSJ: Markets At A Glance:
https://markets.wsj.com/usMajor ETFs % Change:
https://www.barchart.com/etfs-funds/etf-monitorSPDR's Sector Tracker:
http://www.sectorspdr.com/sectorspdr/tools/sector-trackerSPDR's Bloomberg Sector Performance Pie Chart:
https://www.bloomberg.com/markets/sectorsCurrent Futures:
https://finviz.com/futures.ashx 
