· Stocks rose on Monday, led by tech shares, as investors awaited key corporate earnings from companies like Alphabet.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed 175.48 points higher at 25,239.37 as Microsoft and Apple outperformed. The S&P 500 gained 0.7 percent to close at 2,724.87 as the tech sector gained 1.6 percent. The Nasdaq Composite climbed 1.15 percent to 7,347.54, outperforming relative to the other major indexes.
· European stocks closed in mixed territory Monday, as market participants monitored another flurry of corporate earnings results.
The pan-European Stoxx 600 closed provisionally barely changed, with sectors and major bourses pointing in different directions.
· Asian markets remained closed for public holidays.
Japan’s Nikkei 225 added 0.37 percent in early trade while the Topix index gained 0.41 percent.
In Australia, the benchmark ASX 200 gained 1.72 percent as the heavily weighted financial subindex added 4.75 percent.
Reference: CNBC
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