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The U.S. economy likely shed jobs in March, abruptly ending a historic 113 straight months of employment growth as stringent measures to control the coronavirus pandemic shuttered businesses and factories, confirming a recession is underway. The Labor Department’s closely watched.

Benchmark Brent crude oil futures reversed losses incurred during Asian hours in early European trading on Friday to rise above $30 a barrel, with hopes of a huge global supply cut deal to support prices still alive. Brent crude futures.

Brent fell to $29 per barrel amid market doubts about a sharp decline in production. We remind you that on Thursday the US President tweeted that he hopes for the cut of Saudi Arabia and Russia’s oil production by “10.

Alphabet Inc’s Google on Thursday published reports for 131 countries showing whether visits to shops, parks and workplaces dropped in March, when many governments issued stay-at-home orders to rein in the spread of the novel coronavirus. Google’s analysis of location.

The Bitcoin price (BTC) has recovered strongly from $5,200 to $7,200 in the past two weeks, despite the declining appetite for high-risk assets including single-stocks and cryptocurrencies. One prominent trader predicted the entire price movement of Bitcoin since its initial.

Futures contracts tied to the major U.S. stock indexes pointed to a lower start to Friday’s session, leaving Wall Street on track for modest weekly losses. Dow Jones Industrial Average futures fell 207 points, implying an opening loss of about.

Almost half a million companies in Germany have sent their staff on short-term working schemes — known as “Kurzarbeit” — to trim their payroll costs with immediate effect. Never before, not even in the financial crisis of 2008, has the.

Italy reported 760 deaths from the coronavirus Thursday as the number of fatalities rose again after three weeks of nationwide lockdown. The toll over the past 24 hours compared with 727 on Wednesday, according to figures from the civil protection.

Oil prices skyrocketed on Thursday after President Donald Trump told CNBC Saudis and Russia will ease pressure on oil, ending a price war that has contributed to crude’s massive plunge. West Texas Intermediate crude futures surged 24.4%, or $4.99 to.

Market overview Futures for US indices add about 1% on Thursday after 4.4% drop on Wednesday. The careful optimism on markets from the slowdown in the growth of new virus cases is balancing with gloomy expectations of the impact of.

Since topping out at $6,500 on March 31, Bitcoin (BTC) price had spent the majority of Wednesday in a steady slump which saw the price drop from $6,494 to $6,147. The pullback mirrored the poor performance in traditional markets where.

Futures on the Dow and broader U.S. stock market rallied Wednesday night, shaking off a brutal start to the second quarter that was tied to fears of protracted recession in the world economy. Though the after-hours rally was largely one.