ASX set to gain after bets on trade deals boost Wall Street

Uranium producer Paladin Energy soared 24.6 per cent after it told the market that it had achieved record quarterly production at its Langer Heinrich mine in Namibia. Iron ore heavyweights BHP (up 3.3 per cent) and Fortescue (up 2.7 per cent) also posted solid sessions.

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