EU Market Open: US officials head to Doha for talks with Iran, though Tehran claims nothing is planned; USD/JPY trades above 162.00

US President Trump's envoys Kushner and Witkoff are flying to Doha for talks; Iran believes the trip is focused on ceasefire compliance, and is not there for talks with the US, NYT reported.Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Baghaei said "we will not hold any negotiation meetings at any level with the American side in the coming days”, Tasnim reported. Journalist Mallick suggested talks may occur through Pakistani/Qatari mediators.US Secretary of State Rubio said at a Congress briefing that there is a possibility the nuclear talks with Iran may fail.APAC stocks were mixed; European equity futures are indicative of a mildly firmer open.DXY slightly firmer; USD/JPY chopped around 162.00 on comments from Chief Cabinet Secretary Kihara, before dipping on jawboning from Finance Minister Katayama.Looking ahead, highlights include German Import Prices (Jun), Retail Sales (May) & Unemployment Rate (Jun), State/Nationwide Inflation Prelim. (Jun), UK GDP Final (Q1), French Inflation Prelim. (Jun), Canadian GDP (Apr), US JOLTs (May).Speakers include ECB's Vujcic, Elderson, Schnabel, Cipollone & Lane, BoE's Breeden, and earnings from Nike.Read the full report covering Equities, Forex, Fixed Income, Commodites and more on Newsquawk