Stocks Make Cautious Start to an Event-Packed Week: Markets Wrap

<p>Markets opened the week on a cautious note as investors readied for central bank updates on the outlook for interest rates and braced for a deluge of earnings. On Wall Street, equity futures contracts were steady after the S&P 500 closed out a third week of gains and finished Friday near its record high. Europe’s Stoxx 600 index held near the highest level since January 2022, supported by rallying oil majors as heightened Middle East tensions drove up crude prices. BP Plc, Shell Plc and TotalEnergies SE all gained about 2%. Brent and West Texas Intermediate crude touched their highest levels since November in intraday trading, before pulling […]</p>
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