Asian stocks have tentatively rebounded in early trade, with an uneven recovery taking place across regional equity markets after signs that trade negotiations between the US and China remain on track.

MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan was last up 0.5 per cent, while S&P 500 futures advanced 0.3 per cent to extend the rebound from Monday's session on Wall Street after US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said US President Donald Trump remains on track to meet Chinese leader Xi Jinping in South Korea in late October.

Wall Street's main indexes ended as much as 2.2 per cent higher on Monday, led by chipmakers, after Trump struck a more conciliatory tone about US-China trade tensions.

Broad gains for global equities had gone abruptly into reverse on Friday after Tru

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