US equity futures gained as US-China trade tensions eased and investors stuck to bets on Federal Reserve interest-rate cuts before a key inflation reading this morning. Stocks fell in Europe on mixed earnings and contrasting economic data from France and Germany.

JPMorgan Chase plans to allow institutional clients to use their holdings of Bitcoin and Ether as collateral for loans by the end of the year in a significant deepening of Wall Street's crypto integration.

Stocks in Asia extend gains amid signs of easing trade tensions. Benchmarks in Japan and South Korea hit all-time highs. Pro-stimulus Sanae Takaichi won the lower house of parliament vote to become Japan's prime minister. The yen weakens. US and European equity futures are largely steady.

Strategists at Bank of America warn that further signs of strain in credit markets risk provoking another broad equities rout as long-only investors will be compelled to sell. Meantime, a BlackRock survey shows insurers overseeing $23t plan to add even more to their private market holdings as part of a strategy to smooth long-term returns.

Exchange-traded funds that hold bundles of corporate loans last week notched their first outflows since April, in the latest sign that investor concerns over credit quality are mounting.