Global shares were mixed ahead of a week packed with corporate earnings, central bank meetings and major economic data.

Wall Street futures were in the red after major U.S. markets closed down on Friday.

TSX futures followed sentiment lower as commodity prices slid.

On Wall Street, markets are watching earnings from Walt Disney Co., Palantir Technologies Inc. and Teradyne, Inc.

“In equities, it is a heavy earnings week: Palantir and Disney today, AMD tomorrow, Google and Qualcomm on Wednesday, and Amazon on Thursday,” Ipek Ozkardeskaya, senior analyst at Swissquote, wrote in a note.

“Even strong results from Meta, Microsoft and Apple have failed to fully revive bullish sentiment. Investors are increasingly selective, scrutinizing whether cloud growth is truly AI-driven and whether AI investments are delivering real returns.”

Overseas, the pan-European STOXX 600 was up 0.05 per cent in morning trading. Britain’s FTSE 100 rose 0.29 per cent, Germany’s DAX advanced 0.33 per cent and France’s CAC 40 climbed 0.24 per cent.

In Asia, Japan’s Nikkei closed 1.25 per cent lower, while Hong Kong’s Hang Seng shed 2.23 per cent.

Oil prices fell after U.S. ​President Donald Trump said Iran was “seriously ‍talking” with Washington, signalling de-escalation with an OPEC member to ease supply disruption concerns.

Brent crude futures were down 5.2 per cent at US$65.69 a barrel. ​West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude dropped 5.5 per cent to US$61.61 a barrel.

Trump had repeatedly threatened Iran with ‌intervention if it did not agree to a nuclear ⁠deal or continued killing protesters. The persistent threats have underpinned oil prices throughout January, ​said Priyanka Sachdeva, an analyst at Phillip Nova.

In other commodities, spot gold slid 3.2 per cent to US$4,708.19 an ounce after shedding more than 9 per cent on Friday in ‍its sharpest ​one-day drop since 1983. U.S. gold futures for April delivery were down 0.3 per cent to US$4,730.40 an ounce.

Spot silver lost 3.4 per cent to trade at US$81.65, recovering from a fall of 15 per cent earlier in the session. It has shed about 33 per cent since notching ‌up an all-time-peak ‍of US$121.64 last week.

The Canadian dollar weakened against its U.S. counterpart.

The day range on the loonie was 73.11 US cents to 73.51 US cents in early trading. The Canadian dollar was up about 1.03 per cent against the greenback over the past month.

The U.S. dollar index, which weighs the greenback against a group of currencies, climbed 0.09 per cent to 97.08.

The euro rose 0.13 per cent to US$1.1866. The British pound gained 0.12 per cent to US$1.3702.

In bonds, the yield on the U.S. 10-year note was last down at 4.220 per cent.

China, Japan and euro area PMIs: ​Britain’s rose to its ‍highest since August, 2024, in January as inflows of new work increased by the most in nearly four years, adding to signs of a ‍pickup after ​a sluggish end to 2025.

S&P global manufacturing PMIs

North American auto sales

With Reuters and The Canadian Press