European markets set to start the week with Fed, Trump and Xi meeting in mind

LONDON — European stocks are expected to commencement the caller trading week connected a affirmative enactment arsenic traders look up to the U.S. Federal Reserve's meeting, much net and signs of a rapprochement betwixt Washington and Beijing.

The U.K.'s FTSE scale is seen opening 0.2% higher, Germany's DAX up 0.43%, France's CAC 40 up 0.48% and Italy's FTSE MIB 0.39% higher, according to information from IG.

Regional markets had ended past week higher arsenic investors reacted to the latest U.S. ostentation print, the lone national information to beryllium released during the ongoing authorities shutdown, and a flurry of firm net reports.

The U.S.annual ostentation rate hit a lower-than-expected 3% successful September, prompting a bounce successful U.S. stocks amid anticipation that the U.S. Federal Reserve volition chopped involvement rates erstwhile it meets this week.

The marketplace is present pricing successful a 96% accidental of a 25 basis-point complaint chopped this week, according to the CME Fedwatch tool.

Geopolitics and commercialized are besides astatine the forefront of investors' minds this week amid hopes that the U.S. and China tin resoluteness an escalating commercialized dispute.

President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping are scheduled to conscionable successful South Korea connected Thursday successful an effort to easiness commercialized tensions, an lawsuit that could connection important clarity and reassurance to investors. The leaders volition conscionable connected the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation, oregon APEC, Summit arsenic Trump continues his Asia tour.

U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent precocious indicated that talks betwixt the leaders person been "constructive, far-reaching, in-depth," which could determination the needle connected negotiations.

Earnings successful Europe travel from Galp Energia and Deutsche Boerse connected Monday portion information releases see the German ifo business clime survey.

CNBC is astatine the Future Investment Initiative (FII) forum successful Riyadh this week which volition diagnostic 20 heads of authorities and much than 600 speakers.

JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon, Goldman Sachs Group's David Solomon, Blackrock's Larry Fink and Brookfield's Bruce Flatt volition beryllium among the hundreds of bankers, consultants, and tech executives heading to the Kingdom for the three-day event.

— CNBC's Liz Napolitano contributed to this marketplace report.