LONDON — Stocks and bond yields held firm on Monday, as markets paused for breath after a wobble in tech stocks last week that could resume or reverse when $5 trillion chipmaker Nvidia reports earnings on Wednesday. Expectations for a US interest rate cut in December have fallen to less than 50 percent following policymakers sounding hesitant. That has started to put pressure on stocks, especially in the frothy and rates-sensitive technology sector. In Asia trade, Japan’s Nikkei dipped 0.2 p rcent with tourism and retail stocks down heavily after China cautioned citizens against visiting Japan. The headline US data release this week will be Thursday’s delayed September jobs report.