Euro Stoxx 50 futures were up 0.13%, Germany's DAX futures were up 0.21% and the UK FTSE 100 futures were up 0.04%.

Cuba on the 3rd issued measures to ease restrictions on foreign investment, foreign trade and tourism. Key changes: remove requirement that foreign and joint-venture employers hire Cuban staff via intermediaries authorized by the Ministry of Labor and Social Security and permit direct hiring; replace prior Cuban central bank approval for joint ventures and domestic investors to open overseas bank accounts with post-facto reporting to the central bank; update import-export procedures to allow private firms to engage directly in foreign trade; relax limits on foreign capital participation in wholesale and retail and in priority and historical-cultural investment zones; introduce tax incentives for eco‑tourism projects; and allow foreign firms, foreign capital and non‑state operators to participate in tourist transport and travel agency businesses.

美联储理事沃勒：“永不解释”是旧模式，祝它好运——那不是什么好模式。