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    FTSE 100 up and US stocks mixed as Zelensky-Putin meeting takes shape

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    The FTSE 100 (^FTSE) and European stocks were in the green by the closing bell on Tuesday, while US indices traded mixed, after world leaders gathered in Washington DC, to try to hash out a possible end to the Russia-Ukraine war. US benchmarks were mixed at the opening bell.

    After Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy and European leaders travelled to Washington on Monday, US president Donald Trump wrote on social media that the summit had put in motion “the arrangements for a meeting, at a location to be determined, between president Putin and president Zelenskyy.”

    “After that meeting takes place, we will have a trilat, which would be the two presidents, plus myself,” he added.

    Switzerland has put itself forward as a viable venue for the meeting, according to reports, but there are questions over the legality of the venue as the Russian president has been indicted by the ICC on war crimes charges.

    Swiss foreign minister Ignazio Cassis said there is room for flexibility, telling local media: “We can do this despite the arrest warrant against Putin because of our special role and the role of Geneva as the European headquarters of the United Nations”.

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    On Friday, Trump met Putin in Alaska in an effort to try to broker a peace deal between the two countries. At the time, Zelenskyy said no deal would be reached without the involvement of Ukraine.

    Meanwhile the war continues, with the Ukrainian air force saying that Russia launched 270 drone attacks overnight.

    Oil prices sold off, with brent crude (BZ=F) down 0.7% to trade below $66 per barrel and West Texas Intermediate (CL=F) down 1.2% to trade around $62.68.

    London’s premier index was around 0.3% higher by the closing bell. JD Sports (JD.L) led the charge for the index, surging as much as 7%.

    The DAX (^GDAXI) in Germany rose 0.4%.

    The cAC 40 (^FCHI) in Paris climbed 1.2%

    The pan-European STOXX 600 (^STOXX) gained 0.7%.

    The Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJI) edged up 0.2%, while the S&P 500 (^GSPC) fell about 0.3%. The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite (^IXIC) declined 1%, continuing Wall Street stocks’ muted start to the week.

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    Duolingo shares surge on ratings boost

    Yahoo Finance UK’s Vicky McKeever writes:

    Shares in Duolingo (DUOL) surged nearly 13% on Monday, after positive news around analyst ratings.

    KeyBanc upgraded its rating on the stock to “overweight” from “sector weight”, while Citigroup (C) initiated its coverage of the stock with a “buy” rating.

    Meanwhile, in a New York Times interview published on Sunday, Duolingo CEO Luis von Ahn responded to the backlash against a memo sent a few months ago, in which it was declared the company would become “AI-first”.

    “Internally, this was not controversial,” von Ahn said in the interview. “Externally, as a publicly traded company some people assume that it’s just for profit. Or that we’re trying to lay off humans. And that was not the intent at all.”

    FTSE 100 risers and fallers at 9.50am

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    AJ Bell head of financial analysis Danni Hewson, said:

    Pound steady as traders look to inflation data

    Pedro Goncalves writes:

    The pound was steady this morning as traders await the latest inflation figures due on Wednesday.

    Sterling was higher against the dollar, up 0.1% at $1.3520, and remained flat against the euro at €1.1570.

    The upbeat UK gross domestic product (GDP) report for the second quarter could complicate the Bank of England’s path to cutting interest rates further and might help limit the pound’s losses. GDP growth slowed to 0.3% in the three months to June, down from a rate of 0.7% in Q1, but stronger than expectations of a 0.1% expansion in the reported period.

    The US dollar index (DX-Y.NYB), which measures the greenback against a basket of six currencies, was down 0.2% to 98.03 on Tuesday.

    In equities, the FTSE 100 (^FTSE) was muted on Tuesday morning at 9,157 points. For more details, on market movements check our live coverage here.

    Google boosts stake in bitcoin miner TeraWulf

    Bitcoin miner and data center operator TeraWulf (WULF) saw its stock jump 5% Monday after announcing that Alphabet-owned Google (GOOG, GOOGL) is upping its stake in the company to 14%.

    Google is providing a $3.2bn backstop for TeraWulf as it uses debt financing to expand a data centre campus in western New York in return for warrants to purchase over 73 million shares of the company’s stock.

    The deal was first unveiled in TeraWulf’s second quarter results last week. During its earnings call, TeraWulf initially said Google would provide a $1.8bn backstop in exchange for an 8% stake in the company. Google upped that figure to $3.2bn on Monday as AI cloud provider Fluidstack decided to expand its lease as part of its 10-year deal with TeraWulf.

    How US stocks are faring in premarket

    Despite the Ukraine-Russia progress, stocks in the US are trading lower in premarket, having had an underwhelming day of trade on Monday.

    Softbank to invest $2bn in Intel

    Investment giant Softbank threw Intel (INTC) a lifeline in the form of a $2bn cash injection, the companies said on Monday.

    The chipmaker is in the midst of a turnaround as industry peers outpace it in the bid for AI market share.

    The investment makes Softbank a top 10 shareholder, according to reports.

    Good morning!

    Hi from London. It’s me again. The economic calendar is looking very *August* today with the main planned economic event Eurozone trade balance. US housing data will also be out at 1.30pm.

    Earnings season has also wound down with focus on Home Depot (HD) earnings in the US.

    Let’s get to it.

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