Crude oil futures are inching up $0.18 to $77.17 a barrel after slumping $0.92 to 76.99 a barrel last Friday. Meanwhile, after sliding $20.70 to $2,345.80 an ounce in the previous session, gold futures are edging up $2.10 to $2,347.90 an ounce.
On the currency front, the U.S. dollar is trading at 156.78 yen versus the 157.31 yen it fetched at the close of New York trading on Friday. Against the euro, the dollar is trading at $1.0846 compared to last Friday’s $1.0848.