The move higher may have been exacerbated by algorithmic traders selling Treasuries after the 10-year yields broke above their daily 200-day moving average.
Currency markets strengthened after Dallas Federal Reserve President Robert Kaplan, among the US central bank's most forceful supporters for starting to reduce support for the economy
The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 120.79 points, or 0.35pc, to 34,585.43, the S&P 500 gained 13.23 points, or 0.31pc, at 4,214.11 and the Nasdaq Composite added 61.48 points, or 0.45pc, at 13,797.76.
Meanwhile, Yangshan copper premium climbed $1.50 to $38.50 a tonne on Monday, rising for the first time since February and signalling early signs of improved demand for imported metal into China.
The trading volume during the session in the KOSPI index was 576.15 million shares. Of the total traded issues of 904, the number of advancing shares was 449.