Shares up on lockdown easing hopes; oil drops further

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Global stock markets rose on Monday as investors cheered news that more countries and U.S. states were looking to ease lockdowns and the Bank of Japan expanded its stimulus program, while the price of oil continued to crumble as storage runs out.U.S. energy stocks underperformed the wider market but were still up in New York despite a nearly 25% decline in U.S. crude prices.The U.S. dollar fell as risk-prone traders cheered lockdown news even as health experts warned that..