U.S. stock index futures were in positive territory Monday after the Dow and S&P 500 hit fresh all-time highs last week, propelled by a better-than-expected monthly jobs report.
The vaulted above the psychological 1600 level for the first time on Friday, after April's jobs report showed 165,000 new jobs were created, above the consensus 145,000 expected.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average broke through the major milestone of 15,000 for the first time, though it closed below it. Bond yields jumped, taking the 10-year note yield to 1.74 percent.
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"Continued payroll growth of this magnitude is sufficient to put gradual downward pressure on the unemployment rate. Still, labor market and inflation trends are soft enough to reduce the likelihood of Fed asset purchase tapering, in our view, but steady enough to keep the Fed from increasing the pace of its purchases," Barclays wrote.
"Global data are likely to stay choppy. Our tracking estimate of U.S. [first quarter] (gross domestic product) GDP is up one-tenth, to 2.7 percent, on stronger core shipments and inventories but U.S. non-manufacturing PMI has fallen to its lowest level since July."
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No major economic reports or earnings of note are due for release on Monday.
Apple edged higher after Barclays raised its price target on the iPhone maker to $525 from $465.
Walt Disney edged higher after Deutsche Bank lifted its price target on the conglomerate to $75 from $63 and Wunderlich boosted its price target to $63 from $58. Disney is scheduled to report earnings on Tuesday.
Among earnings, Tyson Foods slumped after the meat processor posted weaker-than-expected earnings and slashed its full-year revenue estimates.
Berkshire Hathaway rose after the conglomerate post earnings and revenue that beat expectations late Friday and following the company's high profile annual meeting in Omaha over the weekend.
First Solar and Anadarko are among notable companies scheduled to post earnings after the closing bell.
Macerich will replace Coventry Health Care in the S&P 500 after the close of trading Wednesday. Coventry is in the process of being acquired by Aetna and the deal is expected to be completed this week.
In Europe, shares were slightly lower in morning trade on Monday, pulling back from the five-year highs set the previous session on better-than-expected U.S. non-farm payrolls data. PMI data was released for the euro zone that was better-than-expected but continued to show that the downturn dragged on in April.
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Investor confidence fared better in Asia, with the brighter jobs picture in the U.S helping markets higher. Commodity prices rose as demand expectations picked up.
Hong Kong shares shot up to an eight-week high, the Shanghai Composite closed at a two-week high, and Australia's S&P ASX 200 index pared gains after hitting fresh respective highs. However, Seoul's Kospi reversed earlier gains to close down 0.2 percent.
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—By CNBC's JeeYeon Park (Follow JeeYeon on Twitter: @JeeYeonParkCNBC)
On Tap This Week:
TUESDAY: 3-yr note auction, consumer credit, Noka annual mtg; Earnings from HSBC, DirecTV, Discovery Comm., Walt Disney, Electronic Arts, Marathon Oil, Symantec, Trip Advisor, WholeFoods, Live Nation, WebMD, Zillow
WEDNESDAY: MBA mortgage applications, Fed's Stein speaks, oil inventories, 10-yr note auction, BofA shareholder mtg; Earnings from Toyota, Liberty Interactive, Liberty Media, AOL, Sodastream, Wendy's, Activision Blizzard, Green Mountain Coffee, Groupon, Monster BEverage, NewsCorp, Tesla Motors, Transocean
THURSDAY: BoE announcement, Fed's Lacker speaks, jobless claims, wholesale inventories, natural gas inventories, 30-yr bond auction, Fed's Plosser speaks, Fed balance sheet/money supply, Barclays's investor mtg, Ford annual mtg, weekly rail numbers, chain store sales; Earnings from Dean Foods, Dish Network, Sony, Nvidia, Priceline.com
FRIDAY: Fed's Evans speaks, Bernanke speaks, Fed's George speaks, Treasury budget, G-8 mtg; Earnings from ArcelorMittal, GoldFields
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