Investing.com | Apr 03, 2018 06:45AM ET

Investing.com - U.S. futures pointed to a higher opening bell on Monday, as investors attempt to shrug off concern over a trade war between the U.S. and China.

The was up 13 points or 0.51% to 2,588.25 as of 6:44 AM ET (10:44 GMT) while increased 88 points or 0.37% to 23,640.0. Meanwhile tech heavy rose 39 and a half points or 0.62% to 6,432.75.

Markets were lower on Monday, as stocks have entered the correction territory, falling 10% since their peak in January. Worry over a trade war between China and the U.S. and concern over increased regulation of technology firms have weighed on stocks in recent weeks.

On Sunday China increased tariffs by 25% on 128 different U.S. products in response to trade tariffs from the U.S. The news increased trade tensions between the two biggest economies in the world and raised investor fear of a trade war.

Meanwhile technology stocks remain under pressure. Over the weekend U.S. President Donald Trump tweeted that online retail giant Amazon.com (NASDAQ: ) should pay more taxes and was causing the U.S. Postal Service to lose “billions of dollars.” Facebook (NASDAQ: ) is also under fire for its handling of a third party use of data while Tesla (NASDAQ: ) has struggled to meet its Model 3 production goals.

Amazon.com was down 0.52% in pre-market trading while Facebook shares inched up 0.14% and Tesla rose 1.31%.

Elsewhere British American Tobacco (LON: ) PLC ADR (NYSE: ) surged 3.49% while Micron Technology Inc (NASDAQ: ) gained 0.28% and Rio Tinto ADR (NYSE: ) was up 0.23%.

Investors will be listening in to a few Federal Reserve speakers later in the day. Minneapolis Fed President Neel Kashkari is speaking at the Regional Economic Indicators Forum in Duluth, Minnesota while Fed Governor Lael Brainard will deliver remarks at New York University.

Music streaming service Spotify Technology SA (NYSE: ) is also pursuing an unusual direct listing in place of an Initial Public Offering (IPO), with shares expected to trade on Tuesday.

In Europe stocks were down. Germany’s fell 128 points or 1.06% while in France the decreased 28 points or 0.55% and in London, the was down 21 points or 0.31%. Meanwhile the pan-European lost 22 points or 0.66% while Spain’s inched down 61 points or 0.64%.

In commodities, fell 033% to $1,342.40 a troy ounce while futures was up 0.41% to $63.27 a barrel. The which measures the greenback against a basket of six major currencies, decreased 0.06% to 89.64.