Stock market today: Asian shares are mostly higher as China begins major economic meeting

Shares are mostly higher in Asia as China's leaders begin a major meeting expected to bring fresh pledges of help for the world's second-largest economy. Oil prices gained more than $1 a barrel after the OPEC+ oil producing nations said they would extend production cuts until the end of the year. On Friday, the S&P 500 rose 0.4%, recovering some of its loss from the day before, which was its worst in eight weeks. The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 0.7%, and the Nasdaq composite added 0.8%. Amazon rallied after delivering a stronger profit for the latest quarter than analysts expected.