White House and Kiev prepare a refined draft peace agreement, but there is "a lot of work" ahead

Rubio says 'productive talks' with Ukraine on peace plan

NVIDIA Corporation

Meta Platforms, Inc.

Microsoft Corporation

Nvidia's report this week lowered anxiety around a possible AI bubble by 24 hours. Alphabet shares hit a record high thanks to its powerful AI model Gemini 3. Tech giants Microsoft and Nvidia, as well as Claude's chatbot developer Anthropic, announced strategic partnerships, strengthening their position in the AI race. A court in the US dismissed a major antitrust lawsuit for the first time, finding Meta's acquisitions of Instagram and WhatsApp legal. The main events from November 17 to 21 - in our review.

Highlights of the week: Nvidia report, Alphabet's record, crypto's fall

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Exxon Mobil Corporation

The cost of contracts for delivery of Mark Brent oil with execution in January declined at the auction on November 21 by more than 2%: the price fell below $62 per barrel, follows from the <a href="https://www.ice.com/products/219/Brent-Crude-Futures/data?marketId=5884693&amp;span=1">data of</a> the Intercontinental Exchange. WTI futures also fell by more than 2% to $57.4 per barrel.

Oil price falls 2% amid talks on plan to end Ukraine war

Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelenskyy has said that he is ready to work with the US administration on a peace settlement plan, the details of which were <a href="https://oninvest.com/article/tramp-razrabatyvaet-plan-uregulirovania-dla-ukrainy-i-rossii-axios">published the</a> day before citing sources in several mass media outlets. He expects to discuss these proposals with Donald Trump in the coming days, Bloomberg <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-11-20/zelenskiy-says-he-agreed-to-work-on-us-draft-plan-to-end-war?srnd=homepage-europe">reports </a>.

Kiev has agreed to talks with Trump on a new peace plan. It contains 28 points

White House holds secret consultations with Moscow and sends Pentagon delegation to Kiev

Axios: US President Trump is developing a settlement plan for Ukraine and Russia

Global oil demand will grow longer than expected, says Goldman Sachs

Oil price jumps after attack on major Russian export terminal

Citigroup Inc.

American banking giant Citigroup has received the Kremlin's permission to sell its subsidiary bank in Russia. Renaissance Capital will become the buyer of the asset.

Citigroup will sell a bank in Russia. What about the shares?

At the same time, it became known that Trump has no plans to meet with Putin "in the near future"

Europe and Ukraine are preparing a proposal to end the war. It contains 12 points

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Saab AB (publ)

RENK Group AG

The securities of German defense concern Rheinmetall look like a clear favorite on Wall Street

European defense stocks jump on Trump's words on Ukraine

US President Donald Trump has asked the European Union to impose duties of up to 100% on imports of products from India and China as part of a joint effort to increase pressure on Russia, the Financial Times <a href="https://www.ft.com/content/2267eb41-b19a-4a9f-93ca-14ac0343cd77">reported</a>, citing three sources.

Trump has proposed EU impose duties of up to 100% against India and China - FT

Events around the Russia-Ukraine conflict have been developing at a rapid pace over the past few days, and a meeting between Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky and Russian President Vladimir Putin is possible in the next two weeks. Askar Akhmedov, Investment Director at ATLAS Capital, wrote for Oninvest how investors should react to everything that is happening.

Markets are watching the negotiations on Ukraine. What could be the reaction of investors? 

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Strategist Christopher Smart considers three possible developments

Russian-Ukrainian War