(Bloomberg) -- Stocks traded near record highs, with Asian shares mirroring Friday’s gains on Wall Street after weak US jobs data curbed bets on Federal Reserve interest-rate hikes. Oil traded around $83 a barrel as a deal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz remained elusive.

(Bloomberg) -- Stocks edged higher in subdued trading ahead of the key monthly US payrolls report, which traders will parse for clues to the Federal Reserve’s policy path.

(Bloomberg) -- Stocks edged higher as oil prices dipped and traders awaited the key monthly US payrolls report for clues to the Federal Reserve’s policy path.