[BRIEFING.COM] With about two hours to go on Monday the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite (+0.90%) holds the lead, up about 174 points.
Gold futures settled $16.90 lower (-0.6%) to $2,628.20/oz, slipping as a strong dollar and gains in treasury yields weigh.
Meanwhile, the U.S. Dollar Index is up about +0.4% to $108.08.