Earnings season.
Morgan Stanley, The Bank of New York Mellon, Tryg, X5 Retail, Conzzeta are among companies reporting their results today.
L'Oréal: organic growth reached 10.2% in Q1, with sales of €7.61bn.
Alcoa: Q1 Ebitda increased by 62%, well above expectations.
Daimler: Q1 results well above expectations.
HelloFresh: Q1 performance well above expectations,
In other news:
New car registrations jump 87% in March in Europe.
Thermo Fisher buys PPD at $47.50 a share, a bill of $14.7 billion.
Activist fund Elliott builds a position in GlaxoSmithKline .
Fiat(Stellantis) cuts production in Brazil due to lack of semiconductors.
ARK buys $110 million of Coinbase shares and strengthens its position.
PTC Inc will replace Varian Medical in the S&P500.
LG Electronics and General Motors plan to create an electric battery factory in the US.
Mattel unveils first Tesla Roadster CarbonNeutral Matchbox vehicle made of 99% recycled materials.