Stocks mixed...Important earnings reports coming...Gasoline prices rise

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BEIJING (AP) — China's stock benchmark rose today while ones in Japan and Europe fell as investors look ahead to Apple results and this week's U.S. Federal Reserve meeting. Futures point to a mixed opening on Wall Street. Benchmark U.S. crude fell to just above $57 per barrel. The dollar gained against the yen and the euro.

UNDATED (AP) — It's going to be the most important week in the earnings season. Some of the biggest names in the S&P 500 will report their quarterly financial results this week. It all begins today. Restaurant Brands International will report earnings before the market opens and Apple will report after the market closes.

CAMARILLO, Calif. (AP) — Gasoline is costing more these days as it catches up with the recovering price of crude oil. The average national price of a regular gallon of gasoline has jumped 13 cents in the past two weeks to $2.58. Industry analyst Trilby Lundberg says the price is still $1.11 below the mark a year ago. Los Angeles has the highest-priced gas in the Lower 48 states at $3.30 a gallon. The low average was in Tucson, Arizona, at $2.20.

MADRID (AP) — Spain's prime minister says the country's economy is on track to grow 2.9 percent this year and expand an additional 2.9 percent in 2016. His upbeat comments come a month before his party is expected to face a tough challenge in nationwide regional and local elections from the main opposition Socialist Party and two new parties attracting huge voter interest. Spain's jobless rate stands at 23. 8 percent. It is more than double that for people under age 25.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Results of a vote are expected today from truck drivers who haul goods from the nation's busiest port complex in Los Angeles and Long Beach about whether they'll stay home. About 16,000 drivers work at the ports, most of them independent contractors. The truckers say they face shrinking wages and want to become employees of the trucking companies, which they say would improve their lot.