• Before the bell: S&P futures +2.53%, NASDAQ futures +1.68%

Market news

17 April 2020

Before the bell: S&P futures +2.53%, NASDAQ futures +1.68%

U.S. stock-index futures rose on Friday after the U.S. President Donald Trump laid out plans to reopen the country's economy and media reported that Gilead Sciences' drug showed some effectiveness in treating the coronavirus.


Global Stocks:

Index/commodity

Last

Today's Change, points

Today's Change, %

Nikkei

19,897.26

+607.06

+3.15%

Hang Seng

24,380.00

+373.55

+1.56%

Shanghai

2,838.49

+18.56

+0.66%

S&P/ASX

5,487.50

+71.20

+1.31%

FTSE

5,802.32

+173.89

+3.09%

CAC

4,519.86

+169.70

+3.90%

DAX

10,659.87

+358.33

+3.48%

Crude oil

$17.89


-9.96%

Gold

$1,719.40


-0.71%

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