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The White House said on Monday President Donald Trump was open
to authorizing additional strikes on Syria if its government
uses chemical weapons again or deploys barrel bombs, while North
Korea warned of a nuclear attack on the United States if it was
provoked.
* Prices of safe-haven gold rose, with spot gold <XAU=> up the
most in over one month. Investors also ditched riskier assets
for the Japanese yen and U.S. Treasuries, which are favored
during times of uncertainty.
* The dollar index <.DXY> slipped the most in just over two
weeks.
* Investors also appeared to remain on the sidelines ahead of
the start of the first-quarter earnings season, which begins in
earnest on Thursday when three big U.S. banks report.
* A rally in financial stocks has fizzled as investors fret over
lofty valuations and Trump's ability to make good on his
pro-growth promises.
* Trump will meet with about 20 chief executives, including the
heads of General Motors <GM.N>, IBM <IBM.N> and Wal-Mart <WMT.N>,
as he seeks to garner support for the administration's plans for
corporate tax reform, boosting infrastructure and cutting
federal regulations. * Wall Street ended flat in choppy, low
volume trading on Monday as investors weighed the rise in oil
prices against a decline in bank stocks.
* Minneapolis Federal Reserve Bank President Neel Kashkari is
scheduled to speak at an event later on Tuesday. No top-tier
economic news is due for the day.
* Among premarket movers, RetailMeNot <SALE.O> jumped 48.4
percent to $11.50 after agreeing to be bought by marketing
services company Harland Clarke [MFWH.UL] for about $630
million.
Futures snapshot at 7:02 a.m. EDT:
* Dow e-minis <1YMc1> were up 4 points, or 0.02 percent, with
21,588 contracts changing hands.
* S&P 500 e-minis <ESc1> were down 0.25 points, or 0.01 percent,
with 123,584 contracts traded.
* Nasdaq 100 e-minis <NQc1> were up 0.25 points, or 0 percent,
on volume of 22,364 contracts.
(Reporting by Yashaswini Swamynathan in Bengaluru; Editing by
Sriraj Kalluvila)
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