Brent crude is down more than 6% from Friday’s high and trades just below $110 a barrel as hopes of a US–Iran deal ease fears of further escalation. The Financial Times reports that Iran is hosting officials from Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and Turkey after a visit by Qatari officials. Brazil’s stock market fell 20% after President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva unexpectedly secured a fourth term, and the iShares MSCI Brazil ETF is down 26% in pre-market trading. Bitcoin is holding just above $80,000, gold trades slightly above $4,000 an ounce, the US Dollar Index remains just below 102, and the 10-year Treasury yield sits just below 5%. This week, Microsoft and Amazon report quarterly earnings, alongside interest-rate decisions from the Federal Reserve, Bank of Japan and European Central Bank.
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