Wall St set to open higher with focus on Jackson Hole meet, Nvidia earnings

FILE PHOTO: Raindrops hang on a sign for Wall Street outside the New York Stock Exchange in New York

WALL Street was set to open higher on Monday as investors awaited more clues on interest rates from a meeting of central bank policymakers at Jackson Hole and quarterly results from Nvidia later this week.

Strong gains in equities this year on signs of cooling inflation have come under test in August, with the S&P 500 losing more than 5% from its intra-day high in late July.