stock futures and european equities rose as president biden agreed to meet russia’s president vladimir putin if moscow pulls back from a potential attack of ukraine sp 500 futures rose 09 and futures on the dow jones industrial average gained 08 the contracts don’t necessarily predict moves after the markets open europe stocks advanced monday after a threeday losing streak the stoxx europe 600 added 06 in morning trade financials and consumer discretionary sectors led gains while the energy sector lost ground uk’s ftse 100 climbed 05 other stock in europe also mostly climbed as france’s cac 40 gained 08 and the ftse 250 added 05 germany’s dax was largely flat the swiss franc the euro and the british pound were up 03 06 and 03 respectively against the us dollar in commodities international benchmark brent crude was flat at 9352 a barrel gold was down 03 to 189370 a troy ounce german 10year bund yields rose to 0229 from 0192 and the 10year uk government debt known as gilts yield strengthened to 1424 from 1385 yields move in the opposite direction from prices indexes in asia mostly fell as hong kong’s hang seng shed 07 japan’s nikkei 225 index lost 08 and china’s benchmark shanghai composite was mostly flat after declining 05 earlier stock traders at the new york stock exchange on friday —an artificialintelligence tool was used in creating this article