The annual Jackson Hole Economic Symposium takes place later this week. It will attract policymakers from around the world and feature highly anticipated remarks from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell.

The U.S. dollar slipped slightly on Tuesday, giving back earlier gains as investors remained cautious following the White House summit on Ukraine. By 04:40 ET (08:40 GMT), the Dollar Index, which tracks the greenback against six major currencies,

Stocks start the week just shy of record highs, underpinned by a well-received corporate earnings season and hopes the Federal Reserve will soon start reducing official borrowing costs again. Investors are therefore keen that Friday’s keynote address by Fed Chair Jerome Powell at the Jackson Hole symposium will be suitably dovish.

European shares wobbled on Monday ahead of what is likely to be an eventful week for U.S. interest rate policy, as investor attention turned to Washington where Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelenskiy and European leaders will meet Donald Trump.

Gold prices were largely unchanged in Tuesday’s Asian session as investors stayed on the sidelines, awaiting clarity on a possible Russia-Ukraine peace deal and the upcoming Jackson Hole Symposium. The metal is recovering some losses from last week,