- In holiday-thinned trading, US equity futures were little changed, but Asian stocks climbed as investors analysed the Federal Reserve's policy outlook following Friday's US jobs data.
- Contracts on the S&P 500 increased by less than 0.1%, while the MSCI Asia-Pacific equities index increased by 0.2%. Trade volumes were low since markets in Europe, Hong Kong, and Australia were closed for the Easter weekend.
- Tesla edged lower in premarket activity in the United States after lowering pricing on all models for the second time this year.
- Bonds fell from Friday, when a solid US employment report boosted expectations for another Fed rate hike. The next significant data point will be Wednesday's consumer pricing report, which is likely to show a 0.4% monthly increase in core CPI.
- BoJ Governor Ueda: The BoJ's monetary stimulus has helped pull Japan out of deflation.
