Shares climbed Monday in Europe and Asia after last week's strong close on Wall Street snapped a three-week losing streak.
Many Asian markets were closed for holidays. US futures rose while oil prices turned higher.
Investors are watching for US inflation figures and Chinese economic data this week.
The US Labour Department will release its report on consumer prices for August on Tuesday and a report on wholesale prices on Wednesday. On Thursday, Wall Street will get an update on retail sales for August.
Germany's DAX climbed 1.3% to 13,2595 while the CAC 40 in Paris gained 1% to 6,273.58. Britain's FTSE 100 was up 1.1% at 7,430.66.
The future for the S&P 500 was 0.4% higher while that for the Dow industrials gained 0.3%.
Coronavirus cases are still casting a shadow in China, where about 65 million Chinese were under lockdown as of last week despite just 1,248 new cases of domestic transmission, mostly asymptomatic, being reported on Sunday.
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