U.S. equity futures edged higher early Monday, adding to two consecutive winning weeks on Wall Street. Dow Jones Industrial Average contracts rose 57 points, or 0.13%, while S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 futures gained 0.14% and 0.21%, respectively. The modest advance follows last week’s gains of 1.7% for the Dow, 0.9% for the S&P 500 and 0.8% for the Nasdaq Composite. Investor attention is turning toward the Federal Reserve’s annual Jackson Hole symposium, where Chair Jerome Powell is due to speak on Friday. Futures pricing suggests an 85% likelihood that policymakers will lower the benchmark rate by 25 basis points at their September meeting, reinforcing hopes that monetary easing will extend the market’s rally. Markets are also monitoring geopolitics after a Trump–Putin summit ended without a cease-fire in Ukraine. President Donald Trump is scheduled to meet Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky later Monday in Washington, a session investors view as a potential catalyst for risk sentiment. European bourses and most Asia-Pacific indexes opened mixed but leaned higher ahead of the talks; the ASX 200 slipped 0.2%, the Nikkei 225 added 0.2% and the KOSPI fell 0.7%. Commodity moves were muted. London Metal Exchange aluminum dropped 0.6% to $2,592.50 a metric ton, while copper was little changed as traders weighed softer Chinese data against prospects for lower U.S. rates. In foreign exchange, the euro weakened against sterling, pushing EUR/GBP below 0.8650.