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Europe close: Stocks end slightly lower, some analysts wary
European stocks finished the last session of April slightly lower, with a late wave of selling hitting most indices and after data showed that the Eurozone economy shrank by 0. 6% in the first quarter of the year, thus sliding into a so-called "double-dip" recession due to the successive Covid-19 lockdowns.
Week ahead: Bank of England, US non-farm payrolls in focus
The Bank of England will be front and centre on investors' minds when they meet to decide on policy on Thursday.
US consumer confidence continues strengthening in April
Americans were more confident in April thanks to the growing belief that the upward momentum in jobs and incomes would persist. the results of a closely-followed survey revealed.
Chicago factory PMI at near four-decade high in April
Manufacturing sector activity in the Chicago area accelerated at its quickest pace for nearly four decades in April, the results of a closely-followed survey revealed.
Personal incomes and spending in the US jump in April, as expected
Americans continued continued spending at a frenzied pace last month as another round of government stimulus checks arrived in the mail.
German Q1 GDP hit by VAT tax hike, Covid-19 restrictions
Germany's economy fell back into contraction at the start of 2021, weighed down by the hit to construction and services from a value-added tax hike in January.
London midday: Stocks go flat ahead of US data releases
Shares prices had gone flat by midday tracking the move deeper into the red by US equity futures.
London open: Stocks edge higher despite profit-taking in Barclays
Shares prices are continuing to grind higher at the end of the month against a backdrop of buoyant investor sentiment globally following the fresh record highs set on Wall Street the night before.
UK house prices rise most since 2004 in April, Nationwide says
House prices are surging back in the UK and the pace is set to pick up further in coming months, the results of a closely-followed survey revealed.
China PMIs mixed amid supply bottlenecks, point to slower activity
Readings for the two key Chinese manufacturing sector surveys were mixed in April, but all in all economists said the results chimed with expectations that activity would cool down as global consumption patterns returned to something nearer to normal.
London pre-open: Futures pointing lower on mixed China PMIs
Stock futures are pointing lower at the end of the month with investors taking their cue from mixed readings overnight out of China on the country's manufacturing sector.