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Stock futures rise as traders look past the jobs collapse and take comfort in new promises from U.S. and China trade negotiators.

These are the stocks posting the largest moves before the bell on Friday.

Tech stocks have rallied back in the green for the year. Three top performers could continue the rally, Piper Sandler's Craig Johnson says.

"Financials are giving us the warning sign to be very, very cautious with this overall market," says Quint Tatro, president of Joule Financial.

It was not clear whether live animals or infected vendors or shoppers may have brought the virus into the market.

Russia said there were 10,699 new cases over the past 24 hours, taking the country's tally to 187,859, reported Reuters.

A German intelligence report casts doubts on U.S. allegations that COVID-19 originated in a Chinese laboratory.

The Chinese-owned social media app is hiring artificial intelligence and software engineers in the U.K. capital.

Chinese internet giant Tencent has been surveilling content posted by foreign users on its wildly popular messaging service WeChat in order to help it refine censorship on its platform at home, according to a new report.

Bain predicted a full-year contraction between 20% to 35% for the personal luxury market that includes clothes, jewelry, watches, beauty products, and accessories.

A rally in bitcoin led the cryptocurrency market higher ahead of a major technical event for the digital coin and as industry participants report an increased interest from institutional investors.

U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer spoke to Chinese Vice Premier Liu He late Thursday Eastern time.

As markets begin pricing in the possibility of the Federal Reserve bringing interest rates to negative territory, JPMorgan Asset Management's David Kelly argues that such a policy move makes little sense.

The coronavirus outbreak in the Middle East is likely to remain under control despite the easing of restrictions in recent weeks, as long as strict social distancing continues to be enforced, experts told CNBC.

China is likely to use the crisis as an opportunity to raise its profile and expand its influence particularly over countries hard-hit by the pandemic, analysts say.

Unlike some other states that have announced reopenings, California nail salons won't be allowed to reopen until the state's phase 3.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced on Thursday a list of health guidelines that retailers, manufacturers and warehouses must adopt to begin offering curbside pick-up as early as Friday.

Norwegian Cruise is working "shoulder-to-shoulder" with health officials to "develop an enhanced protocol" to relaunch cruise trips, CEO Frank Del Rio said.

April's jobs report will be horrific, and with the worst job losses ever, it should provide a critical look into the economy's collapse.

"This is a tough, tough virus," said disease specialist Dr. Dale Fisher. "All it takes is one infected person and it spreads like wildfire."