The plus sign prevails on Asian stock markets on the day of the highly anticipated data on American inflation. Economists predict that prices in the USA will rise by 3.4% in March, recovering from 3.2% in February.
Government bonds were little affected, with US Treasuries remaining at 4.4%, at their highest levels since last November, after forecasts for a rapid rate cut were disappointed. In the Middle East there are glimmers of a truce between Hamas and Israel. Gold continues to break records, trading at 2,346 dollars an ounce.