"The market clearly braced for higher CPI readings," Westpac strategists wrote in a client note. The decline in bond yields lifted U.S. tech stocks overnight, including Apple Inc AAPL.O, Microsoft Corp MSFT.O and Amazon.com Inc AMZN.O, the top three holdings of the global benchmark. Earnings will be a focus on Wednesday, with JPMorgan Chase & Co. JPM.N and Goldman Sachs Group Inc GS.N among the companies reporting.