Wall Street's main indexes closed roughly flat on Monday, after struggling for direction while investors awaited a raft of corporate earnings reports from major retailers for more signs about the state of the economy and the Federal Reserve's annual symposium in Jackson Hole.

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Zelensky's meeting on a potential peace deal and an upcoming ‘three-party’ meeting between Putin and Zelensky, with Trump as a broker. Investors are now shifting their focus to the US Fed's Jackson Hole.