Restaurant chain owner Comptoir Group PLC (COM.LN) said on Monday that its adjusted earnings fell in 2017, and that trading in 2018 to date has been in line with its expectations. Comptoir, which operates brands including Comptoir Libanais and Yalla Yalla in the U.K., said its adjusted earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortization fell to 1.1 million pounds ($1.5 million) from GBP2.7 million in 2016.

European stocks pulled lower Monday, as investors juggled a new pile of corporate earnings reports, including from Swiss lender UBS, alongside fresh monthly readings on European services and manufacturing activity that showed signs of weakness.

U.K. stocks swing between small gains and losses on Monday, with traders keeping an eye on U.S. bond yields that were on the cusp of hitting a key level.

The latest addition to the U.K. royal family could be arriving as soon as Monday after Kate Middleton, the wife of Prince William, was admitted to hospital in London. Middleton is at St. Mary's Hospital where she was in the "early stages of labor," with the couple's soon-to-be third child, according to a statement from Kensington Palace via its official Twitter account. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, as the couple are known, have two other children, George and Charlotte. The new baby, whose sex is not yet known, will be fifth-in-line to the throne behind brother George, sister Charlotte, William and Prince Charles, the baby's grandfather.

Stock futures were sliding south on Monday as the yield on the 10-year Treasury note stayed elevated and investors awaited another batch of earnings.

The yield on 10-year U.S. notes continued to rise on Monday, inching closer to the psychologically important 3% as strengthening inflation prospects added to expectations of a more hawkish approach from the Federal Reserve. The interest rate on the benchmark paper added 3 basis points to 2.986% in early Monday trade, at around its highest level since January 2014. The yield on 2-year notes rose 3 basis points to 2.48%. The rise in U.S. interest rates has come as traders increasingly start to price in four Fed rate hikes in 2018, rather than the three that have been signaled by the rate setters. On Friday, traders on the fed-fund futures market saw a 38% chance of a total of four hikes this year, compared with 24.5% on April. 11.

French President Emmanuel Macron’s grip on power showed some weakness late Sunday when a group of lawmakers from his party abstained from voting on one of his government’s signature bills.

While shares in Siemens Healthineers have danced higher so far since debuting last month, investors might not want to bet that big gains will continue for the medical-technology stock.

Authorities are looking at metal fatigue as a possible cause of Tuesday’s exploding engine of a Southwest plane.

A new report on Americans with limited incomes says that poor choices aren’t why people are poor.