By Caroline Valetkevitch and Lewis Krauskopf NEW YORK (Reuters) -Investors appeared to embrace news of a trade deal between the U.S. and European Union on Sunday that is expected to bring clarity for companies and some certainty to markets ahead of U.

U.S. stock futures rose late Sunday, as a busy week for markets kicked off with the U.S. and the European Union agreeing to the framework of a trade deal, avoiding the risk of an all-out transatlantic trade war.