U.S. stocks expected to open higher

U.S. stocks were expected to open higher today “as investors digested central bank messaging and the latest developments in the U.S.-China trade talks,” The Wall Street Journal reports.

Minutes from the Federal Reserve’s March meeting showed that the central bank has “set a high bar to raising rates again because of greater risks to the U.S. economy from a global growth slowdown and after a muted inflation reading took more officials by surprise.”

The Dow Jones Industrial Average increased 36 points and the S&P 500 added 0.1%, the Wall Street Journal reports. During morning trade, the Stoxx Europe 600 was up 0.1%.