Central bank decisions and an elections on the calendar for the week ahead

Rally for Chinese stocks also boosts mining names

Fiat surges on deal to sell auto-parts unit for €6.2 billion

Chinese stocks surged for a second day on Monday, propelled by a chorus of reassuring comments from leaders and top regulators.

With shares 30% off recent highs, earnings report could help determine if the price is now right

Salaries for the top 1% grew nearly four times the rate of those in the bottom 90% of earners

The kingdom deployed an army of Twitter trolls to snuff out critics’ voices, the New York Times reported

Yields still not attractive enough to justify underweighting equities: UBS

Oil futures ended higher on Friday, with the global benchmark temporarily pushing back above $80 a barrel on worries about potential U.S.-Saudi tensions, but still saw a weekly decline.

Investors digest sluggish China GDP and central bank comments