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The White House Summit of European leaders and positive outcomes to end Ukrain-Russia might be the focus on Tuesday. Report on new residential construction might also get attention.<\/p>\n

President Donald Trump has suggested a direct talk between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Oleksandrovych Zelenskyy during a White House summit of European leaders on Monday. Media reports suggested that Zelenskyy suggested a ceasefire to start negotiations to end the war. Switzerland offered to host the meeting between Putin and Zelenskyy. Meanwhile Russia has extended an invitation to Trump to visit Kremlin for a follow up meeting. <\/p>\n

Asian shares finished mostly lower, while European shares are trading positive. <\/p>\n

As of 8.10 am ET, the Dow futures were progressing 62.00 points, the S&P 500 futures were declining 3.75 points and the Nasdaq 100 futures were tumbling 36.50 points.<\/p>\n

The U.S. major averages finished mostly down on Monday. The tech-heavy Nasdaq inched up 6.80 points to 21,629.77, the S&P 500 edged down 0.65 points to 6,449.15 and the Dow slipped 34.30 points or 0.1 percent to 44,911.82.<\/p>\n

On the Economic front, the Housing Starts and Permits for July will be issued at 8.30 am ET. The consensus is 1.290 million, while it was up 1.321 million in June. <\/p>\n

The E-Commerce Retail Sales for the second quarter will be released at 10.00 am ET. In the prior quarter, the sales were up 0.1 percent. <\/p>\n

The eight-week Treasury bill auction will be held at 2.00 pm ET. <\/p>\n

Fed Vice Chair for Supervision Michelle Bowman will speak on ‘Fostering New Technology in the Banking System’ before the Wyoming Blockchain Symposium 2025 at 2.10 pm ET. <\/p>\n

Asian stocks ended mostly lower on Tuesday. China’s Shanghai Composite index ended marginally lower at 3,727.29. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index ended 0.21 percent lower at 25,122.90.<\/p>\n

Japanese markets<\/span> slipped. The Nikkei average dipped 0.38 percent to 43,546.29 while the broader Topix index closed 0.14 percent lower at 3,116.63.<\/p>\n

Australian markets fell notably. The benchmark S&P\/ASX 200 fell 0.70 percent to 8,896.20 while the broader All Ordinaries index ended down 0.65 percent at 9,173.80. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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