• Asian markets were set for a muted open Monday as focus shifts to a slew of company earnings and economic data this week for insight into the direction of central bank policy.
• US equity futures climbed in early trading after the S&P 500 fell for a sixth straight session on Friday, weighed by tech stocks. The dollar was broadly steady as traders took some comfort in the absence of further escalation from Iran following Israel’s retaliatory strike. Equity futures in Australia and Hong Kong pointed higher while contracts in Japan were flat. Australian bond yields rose.