The numbers: The University of Michigan’s closely watched gauge of U.S. consumer sentiment rose to 60.5 in a preliminary June reading from 52.2 in the prior month. This was the first improvement in six months.

U.S. consumer sentiment improved for the first time in six months in June as trade tensions between the U.S. and China eased, but households worried about the economy's trajectory. The rise in sentiment reported by the University of Michigan's Surveys of Consumers on Friday was,

Joanne Hsu, the director and chief economist of the University of Michigan consumer sentiment survey, said the survey saw a pretty sharp improvement this month, with Americans feeling a degree of