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London's blue-chip index is primed for a bright start, with futures pointing to the FTSE 100 opening around 48 points higher on Wednesday.
The cheer is being piped in from Asia, where shares are chasing a sixth straight session of gains as consumers keep gobbling up AI apps and oil slides once more.
Brent has slipped below $99 a barrel on reports Saudi Arabia has restarted its East-West Pipeline, easing one of the market's nagging worries.
The big diplomatic set-piece looms large, with Xi Jinping touching down in Washington later and hopes building of an extended trade truce, perhaps with a dash of AI cooperation thrown in.
Memory chipmakers have grabbed the baton, with Samsung leading the charge.
