MARKET OPEN: Investors may be cheered heading into Easter

Thu, 09 Apr 2020

The final trading day before the four-day Easter weekend may be a positive one as investors remain hopeful that covid-19 containment measures are bearing fruit. Several badly affected European countries look to be reaching a peak in new cases. In New York – the epicentre of the epidemic in the US – the death toll continued to rise but governor Andrew Cuomo said overall trends still appeared positive, with the rate of hospitalisations down in the state, Reuters reported. “Improved risk sentiment in US markets continued. Markets are looking...

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