Aug 10 (Reuters) - A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Wayne Cole. Asian stocks are mostly firmer, following Friday's Wall Street rally, though European ‌share futures are off as oil rises amid much confusion over the Strait of Hormuz. Treasury ‌Secretary Scott Bessent over the weekend claimed the strait would become "irrelevant" as oil would eventually be redirected through pipelines, giving ​analysts the impression the White House was trying to wash its hands of the whole affair. Meanwhile the Houthis say they ⁠have resumed attacks on the Red Sea port city of Mocha, which will be making shippers through the Bab el-Mandeb strait nervous. Earnings are lighter this week but include ​semiconductor company Applied Materials, networking ‌equipment maker Cisco and cloud infrastructure technology company CoreWeave.