Global markets climbed, driven by investor optimism over a U.S.-China trade truce and surging investment in artificial intelligence, ahead of another earnings-packed week.

Wall Street futures were in positive territory after markets closed out October higher. Dow futures were up 0.2 per cent, S&P 500 futures rose 0.2 per cent, and Nasdaq futures were 0.3 per cent higher in early trading.

TSX futures followed sentiment higher, after Canada’s main stock index notched its sixth straight monthly advance on Friday, the longest such streak since 2021.

In Canada, investors are getting results from Franco-Nevada Corp. and Gibson Energy Inc.

On Wall Street, markets are watching earnings from Palantir Technologies Inc.

Investors cannot rely on the usual economic touchstone in the first week of

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