The ending of the British lockdown continued, with hospitality, cinemas and other venues now allowed to open indoors and flights to “green list” countries including Portugal and Gibraltar restarting.
However the Indian variant of Covid-19 continues to cause alarm, with over 2,300 confirmed cases in the UK and a third of England’s local authorities now having five or more cases, according to health secretary Matt Hancock.
Bitcoin hit a three-month low following Elon Musk’s comment that Tesla would no longer accept bitcoin as payment.
It’s a big week for data globally, with a focus too on central bank decision making, with both the US Federal Reserve’s monetary policy meeting minutes and the ECB’s Financial Stability Review, both published tomorrow.
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