HONG KONG: Stock markets rose on Monday (May 16) as a further easing of lockdowns around the world offset another round of data highlighting the sharp economic pain being inflicted by the Covid-19 (coronavirus) pandemic.
Traders also looked past a warning from the head of the Federal Reserve that a full recovery would likely not come until next year, and a vaccine would be needed to get things back to normal.
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