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Stock markets mostly rose on Monday, with investors awaiting inflation updates this week from the eurozone and UK after soaring numbers out of the US and China. US President Joe Biden and China's Xi Jinping meanwhile speak Monday at a virtual summit aimed at defusing some of the tensions that have built up over Taiwan and other flashpoint issues, but with both sides signalling little appetite for compromise. European and Asian equity markets mostly enjoyed gains Monday after another healthy pre-weekend showing on Wall Street, though global inflation concerns after news last week of surging prices in the world's two...
