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Markets today : Wall Street AI stocks rebound , Europe falls ; ASX set to decline

AI stocks rebounded on Wall Street to recover some of last week's steep losses, with the S&P 500 up 0.5% and the Nasdaq up 1.1%, though most US stocks outside tech were falling. Australian share futures pointed to a 0.8% fall at the ASX open, while several European indexes dropped more than 1% after weekend protests raised the prospect of higher government spending and bond market pressure. AI stocks had slumped last week over worries about expensive borrowing, and the 10-year Treasury yield, at 5.14%, had topped 5.30% earlier this month. Brent crude rose 0.2% to $110.12 a barrel, and South Korea's Kospi jumped 1.8% to recover part of its 14.5% drop from last week.

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