India, July 31 -- President Donald Trump said that a complete disarmament was reached with Hamaz in Gaza and Hamas official also confirmed that to media. However, Israel has not responded to the Gaza ceasefire plan.

In the Asian trading hours oil prices were a tad lower. Brent crude futures fell slightly at $86.85 a barrel. WTI crude futures slipped 0.3 percent.

Gold prices were sharply lower on Friday. Spot gold fell 1.2 percent to $4,054.86 an ounce.

Early trends from the U.S. Futures Index suggest that Wall Street might open higher.

As of 7.45 am ET, the Dow futures were up 250.00 points, the S&P 500 futures were adding 24.50 points and the Nasdaq 100 futures were progressing 299.25 points.

The U.S. major averages finished positive ...