European stocks ended on a buoyant note on Monday, riding on positive global cues. Encouraging developments on vaccine rollout, sharp jump in silver prices and corporate earnings hopes lifted stock prices.
On the vaccine front, EU president Ursula Von der Leyen said AstraZeneca will deliver about 40 million doses in the first quarter, an addition of about 9 million doses over last week's offer, and will start deliveries one week earlier than scheduled.
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May 01, 2026 15:54 ET Central banks dominated the economics news flow this week with almost all major ones announcing their latest policy decisions and many boosted expectations for a rate hike in June. In other news, several countries released the preliminary data for first quarter economic growth. In the U.S., comments by Fed Chair Jerome Powell were also in focus as his term ends this month.