The news was a bit less rosy for America's largest cap stock Apple (AAPL.O), which last week became the first ever company to top a $3 trillion market capitalization. Aided by loose monetary policy, the exporting-fillip of a weakening yen and new chip-sector alliances, Japan's Nikkei (.N225) closed at a 33-year high. U.S. stock futures were a fraction higher again, with Tuesday's Independence Day holiday likely to keep trading volumes subdued. Two-year Treasury yields rose as high as 4.96%, their highest in almost 4 months. They do not reflect the views of Reuters News, which, under the Trust Principles, is committed to integrity, independence, and freedom from bias.

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Persons: Mike Dolan, Tesla, Italy's, Delfin, Janet Yellen, Toby Chopra Organizations: Nasdaq, Monday's Financial Times, Apple, Japan's Nikkei, MIB, Treasury, Federal, Reuters, Thomson Locations: U.S, bourses, Asia, Europe, Beijing