An unusual White House meeting between the US president and all of the Senate has added a layer of worry about conflict with North Korea and heightened geopolitical tensions appear to have lent support to safe-haven assets, including gold. Share prices, meanwhile, continue to storm higher despite the geopolitical tensions.

• Extraordinary White House gathering stokes worries over conflict with North Korea 
• Trump summoned all 100 senators to White House for unusual meeting
• Heightened geopolitical worries lend support to safe-haven assets, including gold
• Gold holding above support despite multiple headwinds
• US share prices keep storming higher despite increased geopolitical jitters
• Earnings season better and better; best quarter in six years in Europe: Garnry
• Oil needs bullish EIA inventory report today to avoid further weakness: Hansen