(Updates with index/price moves from the first paragraph.)
US equity indexes rose amid gains in consumer discretionary and technology ahead of Monday's close, while government bond yields rose.
The Nasdaq Composite jumped 1.3% to 26,490.4, the S&P 500 advanced 0.6% to 7,705.4, and the Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed less than 0.1% to 52,045.6 in the final leg. Utilities and real estate led decliners.
The iShares PHLX Semiconductor Exchange Traded Fund (SOXX), with about $48.43 billion in assets under management, jumped 2.5%, the first gain in 10 days.
Eighteen of the top 20 stocks in a category with market capitalization exceeding $200 billion were from the technology sector, according to data compiled by Finviz. Most top gainers in this mega-cap category were from the semiconductor or related industries.
Most US Treasury yields rose as last week's AI jitters faded and focus returned to the hot consumer and wholesale price inflation prints. The two-year was up 3.2 basis points to 4.77%. The 10-year yield jumped five basis points to 5.15%, and the 30-year rate advanced 4.8 basis points to 5.49%.
The relationship between Ukraine and the US is facing increasing strain over intelligence sharing, sanctions, Ukrainian attacks on Russian energy and the path to peace, CNN reported. Over the weekend, Kyiv launched one of its biggest drone attacks this year on Russia, hitting a key oil terminal, in defiance of President Donald Trump's demand that Ukraine stop hitting Russian refining plants, per the news report.
The front-month West Texas Intermediate crude oil contract jumped 2.3% to $103.77 per barrel, and global benchmark Brent edged down 0.5% to $109.36 per barrel.
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