By Georgi Kantchev 

U.S. stocks opened higher Monday, while oil and bond prices fell, amid expectation that U.S.-led strikes on Syria late last week wouldn't escalate into a broader conflict.

Shortly after the open, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 194 points, or 0.8%, to 24554. The S&P 500 added 0.6%, as did the Nasdaq Composite. In Europe, the Stoxx Europe 600 was down 0.2%, dragged down by energy stocks, while Asian markets ended mixed.

Investors breathed a sigh of relief after missile strikes late Friday by the U.S., U.K. and France on Syria didn't lead to a major escalation in the seven-year-old conflict. A Pentagon official said that the single wave of strikes is complete for now, while in a Twitter post Saturday, President Donald Trump said "Mission Accomplished!"

"Uncertainties can escalate again but so far the biggest fears haven't been realized which allows risky assets to recover," said Viraj Patel, a strategist at ING Bank.

Geopolitical concerns, trade tensions and some weaker-than-expected economic numbers rattled investor sentiment in recent weeks amid fears those factors could hit a rare spurt of synchronized global economic upswing.

The 10-year U.S. Treasury yield rose to 2.863% from 2.828%. Yields move inversely to prices. The WSJ Dollar Index, which tracks the dollar against a basket of 16 currencies, was down 0.2%.

The price of Brent crude, the international oil gauge, was down 1.3% on Monday after gaining 8.1% last week on concerns that wider conflict in the Middle East would affect supply.

This has left the market very sensitive to headlines, said Randy Warren, chief investment officer of Philadelphia-based Warren Financial, who is advising clients to mitigate risk.

"This seesaw stock market has investors rattled...but [equities] still offer long-term gains," Mr. Warren said.

Bank of America Corp. said Monday that a boost from the U.S. tax law and continued rising interest rates helped push first-quarter profit higher.

Later Monday, traders will be looking at the latest U.S. retail sales data, an important gauge of the health of the economy. Also on tap this week is China's first-quarter economic growth as well as data on March business activity.

Recent surveys of manufacturing activity in major economies had been disappointing, sending the Citi developed markets economic surprise index into negative territory, from its highest levels in more than seven years as recently as December.

"Survey data has rolled over to some degree but is still consistent with above-trend growth," said David Owen, a London-based economist at Jefferies.

Asian stocks' early gains eroded Monday, led by declines in Hong Kong and mainland China over worries about the Hong Kong dollar, though Japanese stocks rose.

The currency last week weakened to the bottom of its trading band against the U.S. dollar, leading Hong Kong's monetary authority to try to bolster it by selling $1.23 billion in U.S. dollars to buy Hong Kong dollars.

The Hang Seng Index ended down 1.6% while the Shanghai Composite Index of big-cap Chinese stocks was down 1.5%. Japan's Nikkei Stock Average finished up 0.3%.

--Joanne Chiu contributed to this article.

Write to Georgi Kantchev at georgi.kantchev@wsj.com

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April 16, 2018 09:49 ET (13:49 GMT)