Travel stocks slide on coronavirus woes while investors fret over US monetary policy

Paddy Power parent Flutter Entertainment up on US profit outlook; mixed day for Irish banks

ECB pledges to keep interest rates at record lows for even longer

BP and Shell fall in London as oil prices slide

Ryanair the main market mover in Dublin as it rises 3% while Glanbia and AIB dip

ECB’s more optimistic view for the euro area did not stop Bank of Ireland and AIB from falling

Tech stocks drive Wall Street rally as London’s major markets slide back into red

Nokia surges to top of Stoxx 600 as network equipment sales growth boosts earnings

In Dublin, Bank of Ireland jumps as it enter talks to buy KBC’s Irish unit

S&P 500 and Dow Jones also reach new heights on Wall Street after upbeat data

Easter lockdown in Germany raises fears of slow economic recovery from pandemic

AstraZeneca boosted by comments from European Medicine Agency

Euro zone stock index trades at 2007 highs

Major European indexes fare better than some of their tech-heavy US peers

Iseq follows trend and falls back

Investors remain optimistic over US Covid-19 relief programme

Retailers and miners among big decliners as investors fret about extent of current lockdowns

Ryanair pushes Dublin’s Iseq up as Bank of Ireland and AIB lose ground

EU-UK rift over fishing narrows as deadline for deal approaches

Dublin’s Iseq hits 11-month high as Ryanair and Flutter drive index forward