While Donald Trump has limited travel from Brazil as the Latin American country sees deaths and infections spiral, traders were focusing on the more upbeat news that governments from Asia, across Europe and around the US were lifting economy-shattering shutdowns.
"Global investors are continuing to map the reopening of global economies to the overall risk narrative," said Stephen Innes of AxiCorp."The global stock markets are moving higher with positive changes in mobility data. According to recent mobility data, the global economy has taken a giant step toward normality in the last week."
It also turned up tensions between Washington and Beijing, already strained by Trump's barracking of China over its role in the spread of coronavirus and warnings about fresh tariffs. "One big threat to the recovery in markets is the escalating war of words between the US and China," said Shane Oliver at AMP Capital Investors.