U.S. President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on the White Home in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 28, 2025.
Nathan Howard | Reuters
LONDON — European shares are anticipated to open in optimistic territory on Monday as merchants give attention to a gathering between European leaders and U.S. President Donald Trump to debate Ukraine.
The U.Okay.’s FTSE index is seen opening 0.23% greater, Germany’s DAX up 0.16%, France’s CAC 40 up 0.24% and Italy’s FTSE MIB 0.2% greater.
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 underneath stress to enter a deal. In a publish on Reality Social, Trump stated the president may “finish the struggle with Russia virtually instantly, if he desires to, or he can proceed to combat.”
The assembly follows Trump’s summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin final Friday, however the talks concluded with out a ceasefire. It has been broadly reported since then that Putin instructed Trump that he would agree to 1, if Russia was handed Ukraine’s japanese Donbas area. On Sunday, U.S. particular envoy Steve Witkoff steered Ukraine might be given some safety ensures to carry an finish to the struggle.
In a single day, Asia-Pacific markets principally rose forward of the talks, whereas U.S. inventory futures traded barely greater early Monday after hopes for decrease rates of interest fueled a profitable week on Wall Avenue.
There aren’t any main earnings on Monday. Knowledge releases embrace Spanish and EU commerce stability figures.
