US stock indices rose on Monday as investors await the earnings result of several major corporations this week.

The list of corporations scheduled to announce results this week include Alphabet, Microsoft, Apple, Amazon, Meta, just a few days before the US presidential elections on November 5.

Investors also await a batch of US labor data this week, including job opportunities, private sector employment, and unemployment claims data, in addition to the all-important US payrolls report on Friday

On trading, Dow Jones rose 0.6% as of 14:12 GMT to 42,390 points, while SP 500 rose 0.5% to 5836 points, as NASDAQ added 0.6% to 18,635 points.