• The Dow Jones Industrial Average .DJI rose 143.08 points, or 0.58 percent, to 24,651.74, the S&P 500 .SPX gained 23.8 points, or 0.90 percent, to 2,675.81 and the Nasdaq Composite .IXIC added 80.06 points, or 1.17 percent, to 6,936.58.
The S&P 500 and the Dow closed higher for the fourth week in a row, while the Nasdaq saw its first weekly gain out of three.
• Wall Street’s three major indexes climbed to record closing highs on Friday with broad-based gains as a long-awaited bill to cut corporate tax rates looked like it would win enough support from lawmakers to pass.
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• Most major Asian indexes on Monday were given a boost by investor optimism that a plan to reduce corporate taxes would be passed stateside.
• Japan's Nikkei 225 added 1.15 percent early in the session as trading houses and banks rose. Tech and automaker blue-chips also saw gains. Toyota rose 2.37 percent, Sony gained 2.22 percent and SoftBank climbed 1.14 percent.
Reference: Reuters, CNBC
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