(For a Reuters live blog on U.S., UK and European stock markets, click LIVE/ or type LIVE/ in a news window.) * Tesla rises after Canaccord Genuity upgrade * Alibaba shrugs off $2.75 bln antitrust fine, shares rise * Big bank earnings to kick off from Wednesday * Futures down: Dow 0.13%, S&P 0.14%, Nasdaq 0.26% (Adds comment, details; updates prices) April 12 (Reuters) - The S&P 500 and the Dow Jones indexes were set to open lower on Monday after closing at record levels in the previous session, as investors geared up for the start of the earnings season and a key inflation report this week. A pullback in the benchmark 10-year bond yield from 14-month highs in April eased worries about higher borrowing costs, helping richly valued technology stocks gain ground and drive the S&P 500 and the Dow to record levels. “Even with stocks at record highs, we expect further upside thanks to supportive fiscal and monetary policy, improving economic data and faster COVID-19 vaccination rates,” said Tom Mantione, managing director, UBS Private Wealth Management in Connecticut. U.S. consumer price data for March and $271 billion of U.S. Treasury auction this week could end a recent lull in the bond market, reigniting a rise in yields that worried investors in the first quarter. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell on Sunday said the U.S. economy is at an “inflection point” with expectations that growth will pick up speed in the months ahead, but also risks if a hasty reopening leads to a continued increase in coronavirus cases. Results from big U.S. banks Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan and Wells Fargo will pour in on Wednesday, kicking off the first-quarter earnings season where investors will look for reasons to support a stock market at all-time highs. S&P 500 earnings are expected to have jumped 25% in the quarter from a year ago, according to Refinitiv IBES data, the biggest quarterly gain since 2018, when tax cuts under former President Donald Trump drove a surge in profit growth. At 8:31 a.m. ET, Dow e-minis were down 44 points, or 0.13%, S&P 500 e-minis were down 5.75 points, or 0.14%, and Nasdaq 100 e-minis were down 36.25 points, or 0.26%. Tesla Inc rose 1.4% in premarket trading after Canaccord Genuity upgraded the electric-car maker’s shares to “buy” and said the company could become “the brand” in energy storage. U.S. shares of Alibaba jumped 6.2% after the ecommerce company said it does not expect any material impact from the antitrust crackdown in China that will push it to overhaul how it deals with merchants. Shares of Nuance Communications Inc surged 22.9% as Microsoft Corp said it will buy the artificial intelligence and speech technology company in a $19.7 billion deal. (Reporting by Shivani Kumaresan and Medha Singh in Bengaluru; Editing by Maju Samuel)