(Richard Drew | AP) A television screen headlines on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange headlines market activity, Thursday, Jan. 9, 2020. Stocks are opening broadly higher on Wall Street as traders welcome news that China's top trade official will head to Washington next week to sign a preliminary trade deal with the U.S.
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