Taking a quick look at the financial markets now...<br />U.S. stocks edged higher Tuesday on hopes the U.S. and China will return to trade talks.<br />Technology shares also managed to bounce back after a three-day losing streak.<br />Let's have a look at the figures.... <br /> The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 108 points, or 0.4 percent, to close at 25,415.<br />The S&P 500 gained just over 13 and a half points, or half a percent, closing at 2,816.<br />The Nasdaq climbed about 42 points, or just over half a percent, to end the session at around 7,672.<br /> Meanwhile, South Korean stocks also closed marginally higher on Tuesday as local firms reported better-than-expected second-quarter earnings.<br />The benchmark KOSPI was up 1.75 points, or just under a tenth of a percent, to close at 2,295.<br />The KOSDAQ gained about 5.7 points, or two-thirds of a percent, finshing at 775.5. <br />
