Market Update

The S&P 500 index fell 0.75%, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average declined 200 points, and the Nasdaq index fell 0.85%. And Amazon, the last of the Wall Street mega tech companies to publish their results, reported record profits in the first quarter of the year. The Seattle-based company said …

The US Energy Information Administration said Friday, April 30 that US crude oil exports fell to 2.703 million barrels per day in February, from 3.165 million barrels per day in January. The government agency added in a monthly report that US gasoline exports fell to 687 thousand barrels per day …

The US Energy Information Administration said Friday that crude oil production in the United States fell by 1.2 million barrels per day in February to 9.86 million barrels per day. The government agency revised, in a monthly report, oil production for January, down by 21,000 barrels per day to 11.06 …

Consumer spending in the United States rebounded in March amid a rise in income, as families received additional aid money linked to the Covid-19 pandemic from the government, laying a solid foundation for a further acceleration in consumption in the second quarter. The Commerce Department said on Friday that consumer …

According to Eurostat’s preliminary reading of the Eurozone CPI report, the annual figure came in at 1.6% in April, matching expectations of 1.6% while accelerating March’s 1.3%. The core figures eased to 0.8%% YoY in April when compared to 0.9% expectations and 0.9% booked in March.

The eurozone economy shrank in Q1 2021, as countries implemented new closures and restrictions amid the third wave of coronavirus infections. GDP in the region fell 0.6% quarter-on-quarter, against expectations of a 0.8% contraction, according to preliminary data released by Eurostat. Germany, Italy and Spain all saw a decline in …

BNP Paribas Bank announced its data for the first quarter of 2021, recording a net income of 1.8 billion euros, equivalent to 2.18 billion dollars, an increase of 11% from the previous quarter, while analysts expected a net profit of 1.2 billion euros during the first quarter 2021, according to …

Barclays Bank announced a net profit for the first quarter of 2021 of 1.7 billion pounds, or 2.37 billion dollars, supported by lower fees for loan impairment. The BoE said these fees fell “dramatically” in the first three months of the year to 55 million pounds – down from 2.1 …

AstraZeneca reported a 100% year-on-year increase in earnings per share for Q1 of 2021, to $1.19. The company achieved strong revenue growth of 15% in Q1 of 2021 to $7.3 billion, excluding a contribution from the pandemic vaccine COVID-19, revenue growth increased by 11% to $7.04 billion.

The Indian Ministry of Health data said that India recorded a record daily increase in infections with the Coronavirus, amounting to 386,452 Friday, April 30, while the number of deaths from the virus jumped 3,498 during the past twenty-four hours. According to Reuters statistics, India has added 7.7 million cases …