Nasdaq, stocks up ahead of Mag 7 earnings, oil prices drop
US stocks (^DJI, ^IXIC, ^GSPC) are moving on up at Monday's session open, as five of the Magnificent Seven tech names report earnings this week: Alphabet (GOOG, GOOGL), Amazon (AMZN), Apple (AAPL), Meta Platforms (META), and Microsoft (MSFT), The Morning Brief's Brad Smith and Yahoo Finance markets and data editor Jared Blikre check out market and sector gains following the opening bell, noting crude oil (CL=F, BZ=F) price reactions to Israel's escalating conflict with Iran. To watch more expert insights and analysis on the latest market action, check out more Morning Brief here. This post was written by Luke Carberry Mogan.