World markets leap as Trump talks of US restarting economy
World stocks race towards the second best week on record with most bourses up and China taking its economic contraction in stride
17 April 2020 - 11:37
London — World stock markets made a super-charged sprint towards an 11% weekly gain on Friday — their second best of all time — after US President Donald Trump laid out plans to gradually restart the coronavirus-hit US economy following similar moves elsewhere.
The bulls were in business. Additional reports that patients with severe Covid-19 symptoms had responded positively to a drug made by US company Gilead Sciences had helped Tokyo and Seoul both surge 3% as Asia took a widely-expected slump in Chinese GDP data in its stride...
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