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London – European actions should open in positive territory on Monday while traders focus on a meeting between European leaders and US President Donald Trump to discuss Ukraine.

UK Ftse The index is noted opening 0.23% higher, Germany Dax up 0.16%, France CAC 40 up 0.24% and Italy FTSE MIB 0.2% higher.

European leaders, including the German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, French President Emmanuel Macron and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, travel with Volodymyr Zelenskyy from Ukraine in Washington to meet Trump in the White House to discuss a peace agreement.

Zelenskyy is likely to be under pressure to conclude an agreement. In an article on Truth Social, Trump said that the president could “end the war with Russia almost immediately, if he wanted, or that he could continue to fight”.

The meeting follows the Trump summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin last Friday, but the talks ended up constantly. It has been largely reported since Putin told Trump that he would accept one, if Russia had been sentenced to the Eastern Donbas region of Ukraine. On Sunday, the American special envoy Steve Witkoff suggested that Ukraine could receive security guarantees to end the war.

Overnight, the markets in Asia-Pacific mainly increased before the talks, while the term contracts on American actions negotiated a little earlier on Monday after hopes for lower interest rate fueled a winning week at Wall Street.

There are no major gains on Monday. Data versions include figures for the Spanish and European trade balance.