Some key events coming up

JPMorgan Chase & Co., Citigroup Inc. and Wells Fargo & Co. are among firms due to report earnings.

U.S. President-elect Joe Biden plans to lay out proposals for fiscal support on Thursday.

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell takes part in a webinar on Thursday.

U.S. initial jobless claims data are due Thursday.

U.S. retail sales, industrial production, business inventories and consumer sentiment figures are due Friday.

These are some of the main moves in markets:

Stocks

The S&P 500 Index climbed 0.3% to 3,809.84 as of 4:02 p.m. New York time.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average increased 0.1% to 31,060.47.

The Nasdaq Composite Index jumped 0.5% to 13,128.95.

The Stoxx Europe 600 Index gained 0.1% to 409.07.

The MSCI All-Country World Index rose 0.3% to 661.44.

Currencies

The Bloomberg Dollar Spot Index gained 0.2% to 1,122.79.

The euro decreased 0.4% to $1.2157.

The British pound fell 0.3% to $1.3634.

The Japanese yen weakened 0.1% to 103.87 per dollar.

Bonds

The yield on 10-year Treasuries dipped four basis points to 1.09%, the biggest decrease in five weeks.

Germany’s 10-year yield decreased five basis points to -0.52%, the largest dip in seven months.

Britain’s 10-year yield fell five basis points to 0.307%, the first retreat in more than a week and the biggest drop in more than a month.

Commodities

West Texas Intermediate crude fell 0.6% to $52.88 a barrel, the first retreat in more than a week and the largest fall in a week.

Silver weakened 1.5% to $25.25 per ounce.