The tech-stock rout seems to be over: The Nasdaq is up more than 1%, putting it on course to break a weeklong losing streak, and other indexes are also rising.
Shares in Comcast are leading the way: News it's splitting its tech and media businesses into two separate companies sent the stock sharply higher.
Oil prices are reacting cautiously to the resumption of peace talks between the U.S. and Iran after several days of tit-for-tat strikes. Futures for Brent crude, the international benchmark, inched up to around $73 a barrel. Fighting over the weekend again heightened the risks to vessels transiting through the Strait of Hormuz.
Overseas, South Korean stocks pared losses after the government unveiled a massive AI investment plan. As part of it, Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix said they'll invest $520 billion in new chipmaking facilities, as they race to meet demand.
Write to Rebecca Feng at rebecca.feng@wsj.com
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