CNBC Daily Open: 'Peace' can look different to Trump, Putin and Zelenskyy

There was nary woody erstwhile U.S. President Donald Trump met his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin connected Friday.

That was not unexpected. The summit, which was initially arranged to sermon a ceasefire to Moscow's warfare successful Ukraine, was connected Tuesday reframed by White House Spokesperson Karoline Leavitt arsenic a "listening exercise" that allowed Trump to get a "better knowing of however we tin hopefully bring this warfare to an end."

Prior to the summit, analysts were already casting uncertainty connected the talks advancing immoderate existent ceasefire successful Ukraine.

"Let's beryllium clear, Putin does not instrumentality Trump seriously," Tina Fordham, laminitis of Fordham Global Foresight, told CNBC.

And the information that the acme was scheduled — and Putin invited to Alaska, the archetypal clip helium stepped connected U.S. ungraded successful astir a decennary — was already a "big win" for the Kremlin leader, according to a comment by Richard Portes, caput of the economics module astatine the London Business School, earlier the gathering took place.

While nary statement was reached, Trump connected Friday described the gathering arsenic "very productive" — and announced the adjacent time that helium would beryllium pursuing a "peace agreement" alternatively than a ceasefire betwixt Russia and Ukraine.

But bid means precise antithetic things to the Ukraine, Russia and America. To one, it could beryllium the complete halt of equipped warfare and the retreat of overseas troops from its soil. To another, it mightiness look similar acquiring annexed territory. And for some, it mightiness look similar a shiny aureate coin engraved with the illustration of Alfred Nobel, careless of the prerequisites.

Trump-Putin acme yields nary ceasefire agreement. On Saturday, Trump said helium would beryllium pursuing a "peace agreement" betwixt Ukraine and Russia. Putin has agreed that the U.S. and European nations could springiness Ukraine "Article 5-like" information guarantees, the White House said Sunday.

OpenAI successful stock income speech that would worth it astatine $500 billion. The shares would beryllium sold by existent and erstwhile employees to investors including SoftBank, Dragoneer Investment Group and Thrive Capital, according to a source.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average outperforms. Major banal indexes ended Friday mixed, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average rising a fractional 0.08%. Europe's Stoxx 600 scale ticked down marginally and closed adjacent the flatline.

A travel by U.S. commercialized officials to India has been called off. The visit, which was expected to instrumentality spot betwixt Aug. 25 and Aug. 29, will apt beryllium rescheduled, according to Indian quality broadcaster NDTV Profit.

[PRO] Fedspeak to parse for the week. Minutes for the U.S. Federal Reserve's August gathering travel retired Wednesday, portion Fed Chair Jerome Powell volition talk astatine Jackson Hole, a symposium of economical policy, connected Friday. They whitethorn springiness clues connected argumentation path.