European shares and the euro climbed on Monday as Germany's election produced no nasty surprises, while Wall Street futures firmed on hopes results from AI diva Nvidia this week would justify the tech sector's sky-high valuations.

Nvidia (NVDA) suffered a record one-day loss in market value last month over how low-cost DeepSeek might shake up the "AI" ecosystem, although shares have since mostly bounced back.

German's new conservative leader Friedrich Merz still has to form a coalition ... N] That pullback raised the stakes for Nvidia's results on Wednesday where investors are looking for fourth ...