US stocks were heading towards another record high on Monday, while the UK's FTSE 100 ( ^FTSE ) closed the session in the green, with investors focused on the latest earnings season.
The main S&P 500 GSPC ( ^GSPC ) was up 0.6% on Monday, at 5,848, having closed Friday's session above 5,800 for the first time.
US banks got earnings season off to a strong start at the end of last week, with results that beat market expectations. Investors will now be looking to the flurry of results due out this week.
Meanwhile, in the UK, prime minister Keir Starmer made a speech at the UK's investment summit, in which he vowed to get rid of red tape to help drive investment in the country .
In a keynote speech opening the gathering of global business leaders and investors, Starmer said he would do everything in his "power to galvanise growth including getting rid of regulation that needlessly holds back investment".
The release of key economic data was also in focus for markets, with UK jobs data due out on Tuesday, followed by the latest inflation reading on Wednesday.
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