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title: "Global news you need to know before the U.S. stock market opens on Tuesday"
description: "On Tuesday before the US stock market opened, global news included: Rubio emphasized the importance of US-China communication; the US-Iran negotiations concluded; Russia, the US, and Ukraine held talk"
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locale: "en"
url: "https://longbridge.com/en/news/276132061.md"
published_at: "2026-02-17T13:52:17.000Z"
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# Global news you need to know before the U.S. stock market opens on Tuesday

> On Tuesday before the US stock market opened, global news included: Rubio emphasized the importance of US-China communication; the US-Iran negotiations concluded; Russia, the US, and Ukraine held talks in Switzerland; private sector employment in the US increased; expectations for a Bank of England interest rate cut rose; Japan expected its debt servicing costs to double; Adani plans to invest $100 billion in AI data centers; TOTO's stock price is expected to rise by 55%; the Dark Side of the Moon seeks financing; BHP's profits surged; US stock index futures fell, the yen rebounded, and gold and silver prices fluctuated

According to Global Network, Rubio reiterated his stance on China relations: it would be crazy if there were no communication and interaction between the U.S. and China.

According to CCTV, the second round of U.S.-Iran negotiations has concluded.

According to Xinhua News Agency, trilateral negotiations between Russia, the U.S., and Ukraine have begun in Geneva, Switzerland.

ADP: As of January 31, the U.S. private sector added an average of 10,250 jobs per week over the past four weeks.

Weak employment has accelerated expectations for easing, with traders increasing bets that the Bank of England will cut interest rates twice this year.

Document: The Japanese Ministry of Finance expects debt repayment costs to nearly double by the fiscal year 2029 compared to this fiscal year.

Adani plans to invest $100 billion to build data centers, targeting opportunities arising from the rise of AI in India.

Stock prices could rise another 55%! A British hedge fund bets that TOTO, the world's largest toilet manufacturer, will be an invisible winner in AI chips.

According to Bloomberg, Dark Side of the Moon seeks to achieve a valuation of $10 billion in its new round of financing, with Alibaba and Tencent planning to invest over $700 million.

Li Liang from Douyin Group: The hype that "Byte is the biggest short of Hengke" is absurd and malicious.

BHP's profits soared by 30%, with its copper business surpassing iron ore for the first time as the largest source of profit.

The three major U.S. stock index futures fell before the market opened, the yen rebounded, gold briefly fell below 4,900, and silver briefly fell below $73.

The Nikkei 225 index closed down 0.4%, while A-shares and Hong Kong stocks are closed

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