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Hello. Bitcoin has started to slide again as the FTSE is tilted to open flat.
5 things to start your day
1) Johnson’s low-carbon agenda threatened by closure of French nuclear power plant: Concerns UK’s net zero target could be missed as technical problems force EDF to bring forward the closure of Kent power plant by seven years .
2) Sadiq Khan to cut tube and bus services as part of brutal cost cuts: Mayor of London to save $ 900 million a year under latest TfL Westminster bailout after business model was destroyed by Covid.
3) Amazon is turning home hubs and doorbells into a stealth wireless network: Tens of millions of Amazon smart home devices across the United States will become transmitters for a new wireless network.
4) Corporate Tax Plan Targets Amazon’s Cloud Computing Business: The OECD, which is at the center of the plans, plans to treat Amazon Web Services, its cloud computing division, as a separate entity.
5) Sunak promises to protect the City against Brussels’ attempt to steal its crown: the Chancellor told bank bosses in a private appeal that the City would remain “competitive and dynamic” despite the Brussels attempt to steal its crown.
What happened during the night
Asian stocks opened higher on Tuesday, sailing in the wake of a record overnight gauge in global stock markets, with investors hoping for hints of inflation and monetary policy later in a week full of meetings and dots key data from central banks.
The Australian S & P / ASX 200 was up 0.32% at 01:30 GMT, while the Japanese Nikkei 225 edged up 0.35%.
The MSCI gauge of Asia-Pacific stocks outside Japan rose 0.11 percent, following the path taken by its all-country global index, which rose 0.1 percent on Monday to its sixth record closing in seven days.
Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index opened 0.4 pc while the Chinese benchmark CSI300 opened flat.
Coming today Companies: British American Tobacco, Paragon Banking, RWS Holdings (interim); Card Factory, Intermediate Capital, Oxford Instruments, Palace Capital, Vp (Full year) Economics: BRC Retail Sales Monitor (United Kingdom), GDP Q1 final (Japan, euro zone), industrial production, ZEW surveys (Germany)
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