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Tech Bulls Lean Forward on Wall Street Pre-Bell; Asia Up, Europe Mixed

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Wall Street futures pointed moderately higher pre-bell Monday as tech-sector optimism outweighed concerns regarding the Persian Gulf turmoil.

In the futures, the S&P 500 rose 0.3%, the Nasdaq inclined 0.3% and the Dow Jones was up 0.4%.

West Texas Intermediate crude oil traded up 3.7% at $90.62, as Tehran-Washington peace talks reached no resolution.

Later this week, investors are awaiting the Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey on Tuesday, the Federal Reserve's Beige Book on Wednesday, and the May employment report on Friday.

Blue chips reporting later this week include Palo Alto Networks (PANW), CrowdStrike (CRWD) and Broadcom (AVGO).

Asian exchanges traded mostly higher overnight, with fresh all-time zeniths struck on equity indices in Seoul, Taiwan and Tokyo, on tech- and AI-sector rallies.

European bourses were mixed on the continent.

IBM (IBM) traded up 11.1% pre-bell after a positive brokerage report and following a company statement the venerable tech enterprise plans to invest $10 billion to bring quantum computing to market by 2029.

On the economic calendar is the S&P Global manufacturing purchasing managers index (PMI) for May at 9:45 am ET, followed by the ISM manufacturing index for May at 10 am.

The construction spending bulletin for April logs at 10 am.

In pre-market action, bitcoin traded at $72,567, and 10-year US Treasuries offered 4.65%. Spot gold commanded $4,505 an ounce.

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