U.S. President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on the White Home in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 28, 2025.
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LONDON — European shares opened in blended territory on Monday as merchants stay up for a gathering between regional leaders and U.S. President Donald Trump to debate Ukraine.
The pan-European Stoxx 600 index was flat 20 minutes after the opening bell, with no consensus motion seen amongst sectors and main regional bourses.
European leaders, together with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, French President Emmanuel Macron and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, are touring with Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelenskyy to Washington to satisfy Trump on the White Home to debate a peace deal.
Zelenskyy is prone to come below stress to enter a deal. In a publish on Fact Social, Trump stated the president might “finish the conflict with Russia nearly instantly, if he needs to, or he can proceed to struggle.”
The assembly follows Trump’s summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin final Friday, however the talks concluded with no ceasefire. It has been broadly reported since then that Putin informed Trump that he would agree to at least one, if Russia was handed Ukraine’s jap Donbas area. On Sunday, U.S. particular envoy Steve Witkoff advised Ukraine might be given some safety ensures to deliver an finish to the conflict.
In a single day, Asia-Pacific markets principally rose forward of the talks, whereas U.S. inventory futures traded barely increased early Monday after hopes for decrease rates of interest fueled a profitable week on Wall Road.
There are not any main earnings on Monday. Information releases embody Spanish and EU commerce stability figures.
