U.S. stock index futures were subdued on Tuesday as investors awaited the outcome of a second day of trade talks between the United States and China aimed at cooling a tariff dispute that has bruised global markets this year.

U.S. stock futures and most European stock markets were near flat and Asian indexes ended mixed as investors await result of the U.S.-China trade talks.

Futures on Wall Street have jumped on Tuesday in anticipation of a positive outcome from the trade talks between the US and China that are currently ongoing in London. The first day of talks concluded at 8 PM London time,