US Rally Wanes Ahead of Tech Earnings; Japanese Shares Advance

The start of a busy week for Corporate America saw stocks giving up most of their gains, with traders looking for signs of resilience in earnings amid tariff risks. Treasury yields fell alongside the dollar. While the S&P 500 closed above 6,300 for the first time, the gauge rose just 0.1%. Energy shares joined a decline in oil. Chipmakers almost erased their advance as Nvidia Corp. slipped. Fellow megacaps Tesla Inc. and Alphabet Inc. will kick off the group's earnings season this week. The stakes will again be high as investors look for updates on artificial-intelligence spending. We break down the day's price action with Ed Butowsky, Managing Partner at Chapwood Investments. Plus - shares in Tokyo gained 1% as trading resumed after a public holiday Monday. The MSCI regional stock gauge advanced 0.3% in early trading. Market participants are focused on the performance of Japanese markets as investors weigh policy uncertainty after the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's historic loss in Sunday's elections. For a closer look, we hear from Sean Darby, Managing Director at Mizuho Securities Asia. He speaks with Bloomberg's Shery Ahn and Paul Allen on The Asia Trade.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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