Global Financial News: Investors Grapple With Active Week in the U.S. Calendar

Your round-up of the financial news from around the world:

1. Investors will grapple with an active U.S. calendar this week with first-quarter figures due later in the session from Goldman Sachs (GS) - Get Report, Bank of America (BAC) - Get Report  and Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) - Get Report. Morgan Stanley (MS) - Get Report  will report earnings Wednesday.

2. President Donald Trump remains mired in significant international disputes with Russia in relational to airstrikes in Syria and authorities in China over his handling over the increasing tensions in North Korea.

3. Global steel markets are bracing for a spike in input costs against a slowing in end demand that could pressure margins and push prices lower amid a glut in overall supply

4. Markets in Asia traded cautiously given both the geopolitical uncertainty in the region and a series of meetings between Vice President Mike Pence and trade and finance ministers around Asia-Pacific. 

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