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Investors will closely watch the trajectory of global business activity in the manufacturing and services sectors this week. Meanwhile, major US tech companies—including Tesla, Microsoft, and Alphabet—are set to report first-quarter earnings, driving the market movements.View on euronews

Investors prepared for another week of developments on President Trump's fast-moving tariff policies and for the kickoff of Big Tech earnings reports.

SEOUL (Reuters) -The vice chief of South Korea's financial regulatory agency said on Monday there is a high likelihood of the country's stock market being included in a key developed market index in the near future. "We see a very high possibility of being included soon, if not this time," Kim So-young, vice chairman of the Financial Services Commission, said at a press conference held in Seoul for foreign media. The stock market of Asia's fourth-largest economy is currently categorised as an emerging market by global index provider Morgan Stanley Capital International (MSCI), despite many other metrics indicating its developed-economy status.

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Asian shares were mostly higher Monday and U.S. futures fell as U.S. tech giants prepared to release their latest earnings after the recent spate of market turmoil brought on by President Donald Trump’s trade war. U.S. President Donald Trump’s trade war remains a source of deep uncertainty.

UnitedHealth shares will likely remain under the microscope on Monday after logging their worst daily decline since 1998 as the healthcare giant cut its full-year profit forecast amid rising medical costs. Monitor these key support and resistance levels on the weekly chart.

SINGAPORE (Reuters) -Asian equities and U.S. stock futures slid on Monday as anxiety over tariffs and criticism of the Federal Reserve by President Donald Trump shook investor confidence, pushing the dollar sharply lower and catapulting safe-haven gold to a record high. Trump launched a scathing attack against Fed Chair Jerome Powell on Thursday, with his team evaluating whether they could fire Powell, a move that would cast doubts about the central bank's independence and further erode faith in U.S. assets. "Markets are already on edge due to escalating geopolitical tensions, and now concerns are rising that Trump's potential interference with the Fed could add another layer of uncertainty," said Charu Chanana, chief investment strategist at Saxo in Singapore.