• U.S. stocks ended higher on Friday after a last-minute trading spike and a technology sector gain offset weakness in financial stocks and sent the Nasdaq higher, giving it a weekly gain for the first time in three weeks.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average .DJI fell 2.53 points, or 0.01 percent, to 21,394.76, the S&P 500 .SPX gained 3.8 points, or 0.16 percent, to 2,438.3 and the Nasdaq Composite .IXIC added 28.57 points, or 0.46 percent, to 6,265.25.
For the week, the Dow added 0.05 percent, the S&P rose 0.21 percent and the Nasdaq gained 1.84 percent.
• Markets in Asia opened higher on Monday as oil made modest gains to trade above the 10-month low touched last week.
• Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225 index edged up 0.05 percent, while South Korea's Kospi rose 0.23 percent in early trade.
Reference: Reuters, CNBC
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