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Technology companies led stocks broadly higher on Wall Street Monday afternoon as investors looked ahead to the signing of an initial trade deal with China and the potential for future talks.

The world’s largest economies are expected to sign the “Phase 1” trade agreement on Wednesday. It is being viewed as an opening to future negotiations that will deal with more complicated trade issues. Wall Street is also looking ahead to a busy opening week of corporate earnings being kicked off by major banks.