On Wednesday, data published by US statisticians revealed that US services sector had continued to grow during April.
During Wednesday's European trading hours, the price for Bitcoin surged by more than 7.50%, recovering previous losses.
During early Wednesday's US trading hours, Wall Street stock indices surged, as a recovery from previous gains was occurring.
The US rocket company Blue Origin has launched its ticket sales this Wednesday for sightseeing travelling on the New Shepard spacecraft, Reuters reported.
On Wednesday, General Motors posted its Q1 profit topped estimates despite the global semiconductor chip deficit that had shut some factories.
On Wednesday, Hilton Worldwide Holdings, the US hotel operator, reported a quarterly loss due to bookings hurt by travel bans amid the pandemic.
On Wednesday, Denmark's Novo Nordisk has raised its profit and sales guidance, after topping Q1 earnings estimates, sending its shares up 1.82% on the news.
On Wednesday, Stellantis revealed that the global chip shortage would only get worse and extend into 2022.
T-Mobile US has lifted its full-year outlook for postpaid subscriber net adds after topping analysts' Q1 expectations on Tuesday, driven by strong demand for the company's 5G services.
Lyft topped wall Street's expectations by reporting significantly lower losses, adding it would deliver sustained profit starting from the Q3 on cost cuts, which let the firm earn more for a ride.
On Wednesday, Deutsche Post has raised its financial forecasts again after the German logistics company more than tripled its Q1 operating earnings, anticipating the rebound in global trade and e-commerce.
Hugo Boss is expecting its Q2 sales to double in China, with its casualwear business returning to growth, seeing a rebound in the German fashion house's business in the current year.
As reported by the US Commerce Department on Tuesday, the US trade deficit rose by 5.6% to an all-time high of $74.4 billion in March.
As reported by the US Commerce Department on Tuesday, US factory orders rose by 1.10% in March after declining by 0.50% in the previous month.
On Tuesday, KKR & Co announced that its Q1 after-tax distributable earnings (DE) rose to $660.2 million or $0.75 per share, up 63% from the previous year.
On Tuesday, Nasdaq Composite Index edged lower by 2%, as investors and traders digested a fresh batch of corporate earnings reports.
Sotheby's announced that it would accept ETH and BTC as payment at Banksy's auction for his artwork "Love is in the Air", cooperating with cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase Global for the sale.
Deutsche Lufthansa AG shareholders approved a potential €2.2B capital raise through the new share issuance, which would repair the carrier's balance sheet
Pfizer drew up a plan to turn the vaccine into a long-term business through making supply agreements, which will yield $26B in sales in 2021.
New Chairman of Credit Suisse Antonio Horta-Osorio bought $1.2M worth of stock in the group, aiming to restore order to Switzerland's second-largest bank.
Twitter Inc. announced that acquired Scroll, the ad-free news reader, and said it is set to pull the service into the new subscription offering.
Nissan Motor was selling 16.4M shares in Germany's carmaker Daimler via an accelerated bookbuild, the company stated on Tuesday.
Ericsson launched a subscription service aimed at people working remotely in North America, allowing employees of small firms to start their work in minutes, gaining the access to cloud storage, security tools and other licensed apps.
TSMC has plans for building several more chipmaking plants in Arizona, turning the US state into the semiconductor manufacturing hotspot.