India, Aug. 19 -- European stocks closed higher on Tuesday as the mood remained positive amid optimism over a potential Russia-Ukraine peace deal, after U.S. President Donald Trump described his meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and several other European leaders as "very good".
Trump also said that he's begun arranging a meeting between Zelenskyy and Russian President Vladimir Putin within the next couple of weeks.
Zelensky said he is open to "any format" of talks and would decide on the trilateral meeting based on how the first round goes.
Investors also looked ahead to Federal Reserve's Jackson Hole Symposium in Wyoming, which gets underway on Thursday.
The pan European Stoxx 600 climbed 0.69%. The U.K.'s FTSE 100 ...