Markets Right Now: Trade hopes push stock indexes higher

NEW YORK (AP) — The latest on developments in financial markets (all times local):
11:45 a.m.
Stocks are rising as traders hope for progress in the latest round of U.S.-China trade talks getting underway in Washington.
Markets were encouraged Thursday after President Donald Trump said he would meet with the head of China’s negotiating team at the White House on Friday.
Apple and Intel led technology stocks higher.
Bed Bath & Beyond soared after naming a new CEO, and PG&E plun