The Commerce Department said Monday that wholesale inventories rose 0.9 percent in June after rising a revised 0.9 percent in May, which was originally reported as rising 0.8 percent. Most economists on Wall Street were expecting inventories to rise 0.5 percent during the month.

ADD1: US EQUITIES REVIEW: BROADLY HIGHER; FINCLS, TECHS LEAD RALLY
--DJIA up 148; Nasdaq 60; S&P; 500 up 19 --Chip stocks higher; airlines fall By Rebecca Byrne, After an indecisive start, U.S. stocks ended higher Monday as optimism over the interest rate outlook fueled Full Story

US CREDIT REVIEW: BONDS UP 5/32 AFTER RETRACING EARLY LOSSES
Long-term Treasury prices managed to close slightly higher Monday after the bond market spent most of the session erasing the losses posted overseas and in early U.S. trading. In spite of the comeback, traders were generally somewhat bearish. Full Story

UK STOCKS REVIEW: UP AS TECH, TELECOMS, INSURANCE ISSUES FIRM
U.K. blue chip equities had a steady but unspectacular start to the week, as a strong performance by insurance, retail and most telecoms stocks left the benchmark index with modest gains at the end of the day. The FTSE-100 index closed up 35.4 points, or 0.5%, Full Story

GERMAN STOCKS PM: DAX AT INTRADAY LOWS, FOLLOWING NASDAQ DOWN
German's DAX moved sideways near intraday lows toward the end of trade on bearish impetus from U.S. stock markets, which saw the Nasdaq Composite and the Dow showing signs of weakness. In overall thin turnover, Deutsche Telekom AG was near the top of daily percentage gainers as Full Story

US EQUITIES MIDDAY: WAVERING, SEEKING DIRECTION IN NEWS VACUUM
--DJIA up 16; Nasdaq 6; S&P; 500 up 3 --Chip stocks higher; financial shrs slip By Rebecca Byrne, U.S. stocks hovered around unchanged levels in midday trade, with little economic or earnings news to Full Story

US DEBT FUTURES ALERT: SEP BONDS STEADY BUT RANGE-BOUND
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