Stocks, US Yields Lose Ground as Markets Brace for Big Week for Trade, Geopolitics

GLOBAL MARKET - NEW YORK/LONDON. Global equity markets lost ground on Monday in a choppy session while yields of long-dated U.S. Treasuries fell, as investors weighed developments on trade and geopolitics in addition to key U.S. economic data.

U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order extending a tariff truce with China by another 90 days, hours before U.S. tariffs on Chinese goods were due to snap back to triple-digit rates. Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin are due to meet in Alaska on Friday to discuss ending Russia's war on Ukraine.

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