The markets came out the other side of the weekend willing to trying another rebound, lifted by the signs that the various shutdowns around the world have worked in slowing the spread of the coronavirus.
Accordingly the Eurozone indices led the way. The DAX was up 400 points, taking the bourse back across 9900, while the CAC was knocking on the door of 4300 following a 3.6% climb. The Spanish Ibex added just shy of 3%, with the Italian FTSE MIB rising 3.5%.
Though the UK is still in the early stages of its lockdown, with woefully insufficient testing and a Prime Minister in the hospital, the FTSE still joined in with the gains seen elsewhere, rising 3% to cross 5550.
It is probably worth mentioning that, while the index has been seeing rather large swings on a daily basis, over the last week or so it has been trading in a fairly narrow band, between lows of around 5350 and highs of 5600. A big improvement on the freefall that defined much of April, and a sign, perhaps, that investors are in something of a wait and see phase.
As for the Dow Jones, the US index is currently looking at an 800 point-plus climb when the bell rings on Wall Street, enough to push it back to 21900.
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