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Both leaders expressed optimism entering Monday’s meeting, where they hope to revive stalled talks with a June 1 deadline looming.

The MSCI world equity index, which tracks shares in 49 nations, gained 0.19%

WASHINGTON -- President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy declared they had a productive debt ceiling discussion late Monday at the White House, but there was no agreement and neither side appeared to be giving ground as Washington strained to raise the nations borrowing limit in time to avert a potentially chaotic federal default.

By Stella Qiu SYDNEY (Reuters) - Asian stocks and Wall Street futures struggled on Monday as U.S. debt ceiling negotiations approached crunch time after

Asian shares rose after US President Joe Biden said relations with China are expected to improve “very shortly”, and as the market awaited possible progress in US debt-limit talks. US futures were little changed. 

US President Joe Biden and House Republican Speaker Kevin McCarthy will meet to discuss the limit on Monday

The US dollar extended its decline versus the yen following a surprise breakdown in U.S. debt ceiling negotiations..

* European shares, U.S. stock futures mixed * US debt ceiling talks to resume after impasse * Powell less hawkish than feared; Yellen warns of more bank mergers ... | 03:32am

U.S. President Joe Biden, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy are scheduled to meet Monday to discuss raising the U.S. debt ceiling as negotiations approach crunch time

Global equities rise as U.S. debt talks resume, while gold prices decline amid hawkish remarks from the Federal Reserve.