Japan, U.S. stocks bounce on report Trump to announce concessions for Huawei

Japan's Nikkei share average turned positive and U.S. S&P500 futures pared most of their losses on Thursday after the New York Times reported the United States will soon issue licenses allowing some U.S. firms to supply non-sensitive goods to China's Huawei Technologies

The stock markets were also helped by a Bloomberg report that the White House is looking at rolling out a previously agreed currency pact with China.

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