Headlines:Nvidia shares hold lower in pre-market tradingChina reaffirms trade negotiator is to visit the US this weekHow have interest rates expectations changed this week?ECB's Rehn: Euro area growth has proven more resilient than expectedECB accounts: Holding rates would allow for more time to assess trade developmentsBOJ's Nakagawa: Will make policy decisions at each meeting based on hard dataEurozone August final consumer confidence -15.5 vs -15.5 prelimEurozone July M3 money supply +3.4% vs +3.5% y/y expectedItaly August business confidence 87.4 vs 87.2 expectedSwitzerland Q2 GDP +0.1% vs +0.1% q/q expectedMarkets:JPY and AUD lead, USD lags on the dayEuropean equities mixed; S&P 500 futures flatUS 10-year yields down 0.4 bps to 4.234%Gold up 0.2% to $3,405.76WTI crude down 0.1% to $64.11Bitcoin up 0.5% to $113,033There wasn't too much on the session as market players are reserving some caution ahead of month-end trading in August.The bigger picture focus turns to the US jobs report next week, so it's kind of a tread carefully moment for traders and investors before gearing up to the main event in the week ahead.The dollar was choppy yesterday but is keeping on the softer side today. Barclays and Credit Agricole month-end rebalancing models are citing mild dollar selling into the final day tomorrow, so just be wary of that in case.EUR/USD is up 0.3% to 1.1670 while USD/JPY is down 0.3% to 146.90 currently. Meanwhile, GBP/USD is just marginally higher by 0.1% to 1.3517 and AUD/USD up 0.3% to 0.6525 at the moment. Overall, the changes are relatively light and not indicative of too much with broader market sentiment also keeping more tentative on the day.European equities are more mixed and also seen chopping around during the session. In the run up tp the open, futures were softer before regional stocks were seen bouncing in the opening hour. However, that is fading somewhat with European indices now holding more mixed with US futures also keeping flattish on the day. On the latter, Nvidia reported earnings after the close yesterday with shares being down a little over 1% in pre-market currently.In other markets, Treasury yields are not up to much and keeping near unchanged levels across the curve. Gold is up slightly in trying to keep the gains this week as price action rebounds back above $3,400 after a bit of a dip earlier. In the bigger picture though, more needs to be done to break the consolidation range since the end of May. The upside ceiling is the range of $3,435-50 so that will be one to watch if gold can keep the momentum up going into September. This article was written by Justin Low at investinglive.com.