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US close: Stock market rally extends into third day
Shares on Wall Street finished higher for a third consecutive session after the head of the country's central bank assured investors that more could be done if needed to help the economy through the fallout of the coronavirus epidemic.
G20 pledges to do "whatever it takes" to tackle Covid-19 pandemic
The G20 insisted on Thursday it would do “whatever it takes” to overcome the coronavirus outbreak.
ECB rules out using eurozone debt crisis tool for Covid-19 - reports
The European Central Bank has reportedly ruled out using the emergency Outright Monetary Transactions scheme to tackle the economic fallout from the coronavirus outbreak.
US pre-open: Stocks set to dip following surge in weekly jobless claims
Shares on Wall Street are being called to start the session slightly lower following the release of jobless claims figure that brought the worsening conditions in the US economy and jobs market into stark relief.
US initial jobless claims surge past 3m due to Covid-19
The number of Americans filing for unemployment benefits surged to a record 3. 28 million last week as businesses shut down and people were let go due to the coronavirus.
Asia report: Most markets lower ahead of US jobless claims
Markets in Asia were mostly lower on Thursday, with Japanese stocks leading the market lower as investors held their breath ahead of initial jobless claims numbers out of the US, due laterin the global day.
'We're not going to run out of ammunition', Fed's Powell says
Federal Reserve President, Jerome Powell, told US broadcaster NBC that the central bank is not going to "run out of ammunition".
Covid-19 to send German consumer sentiment sliding in April
German consumer confidence looked set to slide in April amid the coronavirus outbreak, to its lowest level since 2009, according to a survey released on Thursday by market research group GfK.