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U.S. stocks poised to build on last week's gains

U.S. stock futures inch higher, setting up to extend the prior session's big gains ahead of the holiday-shortened week as investor focus remains on Europe. See full story.

Stocks to watch Monday: Amylin, Lincare

MarketWatch's rundown of corporate headlines of interest to investors early Monday. See full story.

Europe stocks rise as investors await ECB

Bourses trade broadly higher, extending Friday's end-of-quarter gains as investors look to the European Central Bank to pick up where European policy makers left off with last week's summit. See full story.

Euro loses post-summit shine; dollar gains

The euro loses ground versus the dollar and major rivals, giving back some of Friday's big rally as Finland signals it will block any effort to let Europe's permanent rescue fund buy distressed government bonds in the secondary market. See full story.

Most Asia markets eke out modest gains

Most Asian markets eke out small gains to start a new quarter on a mildly positive note, with downbeat Chinese manufacturing data tempering lingering optimism over last week's agreement in Europe to stem the region's debt crisis. See full story.

Might gold's continual failure to respond to positive sentiment conditions mean that bullion has entered into a major bear market? That possibility needs to be taken seriously. See full story.

It's a situation that seems to defy supply-and-demand logic: If there's more demand in the housing market, wouldn't the cost of borrowing funds to buy a home be significantly on the rise? See full story.