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NEW YORK: Wall Street's main indexes rose early on Monday as a rebound in multi-billion dollar deals, including Microsoft's pursuit of TikTok's US operations, lifted sentiment in the absence of a fiscal coronavirus relief bill.

Microsoft jumped 4% on saying it would push ahead with talks to acquire the US operations of Chinese-owned TikTok after President Donald Trump reversed course on a planned ban of the short-video app.

Apple Inc jumped for a second straight day following stunning quarterly results and announcing a four-for-one stock split. At its current price of about $437 a share, the tech giant is now about $132 billion - or around $30 a share - short of hitting $2 trillion in market capitalization.

Tech far outpaced gains among the 11 S&P 500 sectors in morning trading.

A rally in tech-related stocks and historic stimulus have lifted the S&P 500 to within 4% of its peak, but faltering macroeconomic data and a gridlock on more government stimulus have made investors cautious again.

Congressional Democrats and Trump administration officials will resume talks aimed at hammering out a relief bill on Monday afternoon after missing a vital deadline last week to extend relief benefits to tens of millions of jobless Americans.

"Because we have an uneven economy, Congress has to do something," said Stephanie Link, portfolio manager at Hightower Advisors in New Jersey.

"There are pockets of strengths and obviously the job market seems to be under pressure. I just hope they don't wait too long."

All eyes this week will be on the Labour Department's employment report on Friday that is expected to show far fewer jobs added in July after a record surge in June.

On Monday, ISM's survey of the manufacturing sector signaled a pickup in July activity, mirroring upbeat factory activity data from Europe and China.

At 11:10 a.m. ET, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 181.29 points, or 0.69%, at 26,609.61, the S&P 500 was up 21.08 points, or 0.64%, at 3,292.20, and the Nasdaq Composite was up 137.49 points, or 1.28%, at 10,882.77.

Drug distributor McKesson Corp gained 4.4% after boosting its full-year earnings forecast, while Tyson Foods Inc rose 2.6% on topping quarterly profit estimates.

After a tech-heavy week of earnings, investors are gearing up for reports from Walt Disney Co, T-Mobile US, Activision and American International Group .

Marathon Petroleum Corp rose 1.2% on a deal to sell its Speedway gas stations for $21 billion, while Kansas City Southern added 3.1% after a report said a group of buyout investors were considering a takeover bid in a deal of about $20 billion.

Advancing issues outnumbered decliners 1.58-to-1 on the NYSE and 1.84-to-1 on the Nasdaq.

The S&P index recorded 33 new 52-week highs and no new low, while the Nasdaq recorded 118 new highs and 13 new lows.

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