U.S. stock index futures edged higher on Tuesday after a bruising sell-off that has wiped out trillions of dollars since last week, as investors keenly await any sign of the U.S. opening up for negotiations over some of the aggressive tariffs. .N

** NIO Inc NIO.N: BUZZ - Hong Kong shares rise on report CATL in talks to buy co's power unit nL2N3QM06X

** Tencent Music Entertainment Group TME.N: BUZZ - Hong Kong shares jump; Nomura starts with 'buy' nL2N3QM08H

** UnitedHealth Group Inc UNH.N: ** Centene Corp CNC.N: ** Humana Inc HUM.N:

BUZZ - Some health insurers rise on better-than-expected Medicare payment rates nL3N3QM0XE

** Wells Fargo & Co WFC.N: BUZZ - Rises after Piper Sandler upgrades to 'overweight' nL6N3QM0I3

** Levi Strauss & Co LEVI.N: BUZZ - Jumps on Q1 profit beat, reaffirming annual outlook nL3N3QM0UE

** Chevron Corp CVX.N: ** Exxon Mobil Corp XOM.N: ** APA Corp APA.O: ** ConocoPhillips COP.N: BUZZ - Energy firms rise on recovery in equity markets nL3N3QM0YY

** CVS Health Corp CVS.N:

BUZZ - Climbs after naming UPS exec Brian Newman CFO nL6N3QM0LD

** Wells Fargo & Co WFC.N: ** Morgan Stanley MS.N: ** Goldman Sachs Group Inc GS.N: ** $Bank of America Corp(BAC-N)$ BAC.N:

BUZZ - US big banks rise as markets rebound on hopes for trade negotiations nL6N3QM0M3

(Compiled by Rajarshi Roy and Padmanabhan Ananthan in Bengaluru)

((Padmanabhan.Ananthan@thomsonreuters.com ))