U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday called on Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook to resign, citing a call by the head of the U.S. Federal Housing Finance Agency urging the Department of Justice to probe Cook over alleged mortgage fraud.

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U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday called for Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook to resign. “Cook must resign, now!!!!” he wrote in a post on Truth Social, citing a Bloomberg report from Tuesday.

Gold rose on Wednesday, buoyed by a softer U.S. dollar, as investors looked towards the minutes of the Federal Reserve's July meeting and the Jackson Hole symposium of central bankers this week for cues on further rate cuts.

U.S. stocks opened mostly lower on Wednesday morning as investors digested a mixed batch of retail earnings and awaited the release of the Federal Reserve’s latest meeting minutes. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was rising 0.

Stock index futures were down on Wednesday, as investors awaited more retail earnings and the Federal Reserve's latest meeting minutes. S&P 500 futures (SPX) -0.1%, Nasdaq 100 futures (US100:IND) -0.2%,