Tech behemoth Tencent Holdings Ltd 0700.HK jumped 4.4% after China's antitrust regulator on Tuesday approved its plan to take the country's No.3 search engine Sogou Inc SOGO.N private in a $3.5 billion deal. Investors are bracing for an eventful week including the start of the U.S. earnings season, inflation data from several countries and a testimony by Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell. The S&P 500 banks index .SPXBK climbed 1.3% ahead of quarterly earnings reports this week from major banks.