Wall Street’s main indexes were set for a tepid open on Monday as investors remained on the fence ahead of key inflation data later this week, while heavyweight technology shares largely shrugged off a deal by the world’s richest nations on a global minimum corporate tax. Shares of Apple Inc and Amazon.com Inc inched higher, while Facebook Inc and Google-parent Alphabet Inc were flat in premarket trading, broadly in line with the bigger market’s move. Wall Street’s main indexes ended higher on Friday, led by technology shares, after a tepid U.S. monthly jobs report relieved investors concerned about the Federal Reserve scaling back its massive stimulus program sooner than expected.

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