S&P 500 falls after Big Tech raises red flags over virus impact and US-China tensions ratchet higher

Currency softens beyond key level as investors brace themselves for more interest rate cuts

Large foreign financing requirement and small reserves leave Erdogan facing cash crunch

‘Cat-and-mouse game’ pitches central bank against market forces

Mike Mackenzie’s daily analysis of what’s moving global markets

Short bets rise to highest level of 2020 over Brexit and Covid-19 concerns

Mike Mackenzie’s daily analysis of what’s moving global markets

When a chart can speak 1000 words. Not all of them entirely sincere.

First-quarter volatility deals $39bn blow to SNB as it steps up fight for Swiss franc

Eighth consecutive cut could heap fresh pressure on already struggling lira

Interest rate cuts and massive fiscal stimulus are expected to weigh on the greenback

The FT analyses the scale of outbreaks and the number of deaths around the world

Investors demanded too high a price to lend to US carrier reeling from coronavirus shutdown

Epidemiologist Anders Tegnell says other countries could face big ‘second wave’

Virtual home viewings are a world away from actual buying, especially with unemployment rising

Trump ally Tom Barrack’s investment group in talks with lenders over hotel and nursing home debt

How markets are beginning to stir from their coronavirus-induced slumber

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Investment group that owns US malls pledges to help groups weather coronavirus crisis

Finding love in a time of corona is tricky, converting activity into paid accounts is harder yet

The website this week notched up 240m unique visitors

Retail services group’s new Shop app needs a price gimmick to lure buyers in

Retail sales rise by 40 per cent in second quarter

Well-capitalised businesses will have an increased advantage for the next few years

Customers and investors may appear immune to staff complaints but regulators have not lost interest

Buyers who get cold feet tend to have the advantage but jilted targets can still extract value

British and American consumers are unlikely to ‘spend, spend, spend’ after the lockdowns

Potential cost cuts should not be used as justification for a UK telecoms tie-up

Chipmaker likely to be interested in app’s traffic data rather than its customers

Suffolk residents cry foul as French group seeks to continue process despite lockdown  

If lenders maintain support, the company’s balance sheet may not need an urgent fix

Shutdowns likely to shift energy use from fossil fuels towards wind and solar

Supplier says sector should be ‘back of the queue’ for additional government support

A boom in projects across the Permian Basin comes amid coronavirus fears and a global oil price war 

First signs of severity of coronavirus pandemic on UK energy sector 

Loan scheme worth up to £100m a month would allow suppliers to assist struggling customers

Decline leads to a drop in wholesale prices as businesses close

Energy, water and other utility groups keep services going despite lockdowns and cuts

One of the first large acquisitions to be agreed since coronavirus pandemic rocked global markets

Climate campaigners say measures lack ambition to tackle crisis

As Beijing connects the region, the Philippines weighs ‘shutdown’ risk

Demand for classically defensive stocks rises as viral outbreak worsens

Policy reversal follows Cameron vow to rid UK of ‘unsightly’ structures

American producers are coming under pressure on several fronts

Group says 230 jobs will be lost at Selby site at it looks to beat 2025 fossil fuel deadline

Shares in Peabody Energy and Arch Coal fall sharply after regulatory action

State-backed utility under pressure as it plans to invest in new coal mines

The president has turned his populist fire on big business, but is he attacking corporate greed or political opponents?

California utility discloses $5bn pre-tax charge tied to claims

Schemes to look at cutting emissions in sectors such as transport in push to meet 2050 ‘net zero’ target