Stock market today: Asian stocks track Wall Street gains ahead of earnings reports

Stock market today: Asian stocks track Wall Street gains ahead of earnings reports

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Asian benchmarks are mostly higher after U.S. stocks clawed back some of their losses from last week. The yen weakened further to fresh 34-year lows. U.S. futures were mixed and oil prices rose. On Monday, the S&P 500 rose 0.9% to recover more than a quarter of last week's rout. The Dow Jones Industrial Average added 0.7%, and the Nasdaq composite jumped 1.1%. Technology stocks led the way as yields stabilized in the bond market. Bank stocks were also strong following better profits than expected from Truist Financial and others. They helped offset a drop for Tesla, which announced more cuts to prices over the weekend. Tesla is one of roughly 150 companies in the S&P 500 set to report its earnings this week.

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