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• European markets opened higher Monday as investors prepared for an event-packed week of economic data.

The pan-European Stoxx 600 was up around 0.44 percent shortly after the opening bell, with all sectors and major bourses in positive territory.

• Asian shares made guarded gains on Monday as investors braced for an event-packed week headlined by U.S. inflation data and the first House testimony by the new head of the Federal Reserve.

MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan crept up 0.6 percent, with most bourses in the green.

• Japan’s Nikkei share average rose to near three-week highs on Monday, with most sectors advancing as investor confidence continued to improve after Wall Street made steady gains.

The Nikkei ended the day up 1.2 percent at 22,153.63, after earlier touching 22,226.53, the highest since Feb. 7.

• China stocks extended gains on Monday, with major indexes climbing for a sixth session in a row, led by start-ups which saw their best day in seven months on expectations they will benefit from a proposal to delay reforms for initial public offerings (IPOs).

At the close, the Shanghai Composite index was up 1.2 percent at 3,329.57.

Reference: Reuters, CNBC