US stocks struggled on Friday to pick up on the recent rally as investors filtered through the latest batch of earnings and weighed Donald Trump's hints at a softer stance on China tariffs. President Trump's call at Davos for cuts to US interest rates,

China has announced plans to inject hundreds of billions of yuan into its equity markets annually, aiming to bolster investor confidence. In the first half of the year, state-owned insurers will invest at least 100

China's share markets hit their peak value before the 2008 global financial crisis and have stayed well below that level since. A lack of gains in share prices, along with falling housing prices, has discouraged Chinese families from spending,

China’s government has begun incrementally stimulating their economy, which could be a tailwind for China equities, which may have bottomed in January of last year.

China and Hong Kong stocks fell on Wednesday after U.S. President Donald Trump hinted at new tariffs on Chinese imports, ending a brief reprieve for the markets.