The Dow and S&P 500 look to notch a sixth day of gains as investors await more trade news and an easing of tariffs on automakers expected to be announced by President Trump as his 100 days are marked this week.

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As President Trump looks to his next 100 days in office, White House officials said his focus can be summarized in five words: Trade deals and peace deals. Trump’s first 100 days in office saw a flood of executive action to rapidly deliver on key campaign promises around immigration and culture war issues,

Gold slipped on Tuesday as signs of easing tensions in the U.S.-China trade dispute weighed on the safe-haven metal, while investors awaited a series of U.S. economic data due this week for more cues on the Federal Reserve's policy path.

Gold fell further from last week’s record high as easing trade tensions instill new risk appetite into global markets.

The dollar recouped some of its losses on Tuesday, supported by reports that the U.S. administration may ease planned tariffs, although investor caution lingered over whether a meaningful de-escalation in the U.

Beijing appears to be bedding in for a protracted battle with the US over tariffs. The Chinese government laid out policies Monday to aid its exporters affected by the trade war, including loan support for troubled firms and measures to further boost domestic consumption.

China on Monday said it was on the right side of history in its gruelling trade war with the United States. Recall that the US President Donald Trump, since returning to the presidency in January, has imposed 10 per cent tariffs on most US trading partners and a separate 145 per cent levy on many products from China.