Stock markets in Asia rose 2.1% in Hong Kong, 1.3% in Japan, and 1.2% in Indonesia. Among those in Europe so far, share prices are up 1.2% in France and Italy, 1.0% in Spain, 0.9% in Germany, and 0.9% in Great Britain. U.S. stock futures show an average rise of 0.8%. A 3.8% rise in the price of bitcoin tokens is another example of calm returning to investors. The price of WTI oil is 0.9% higher, while that of gold is down 0.4%. Ten-year U.S. Treasury and German bund yields are two basis points softer. The ZEW expectations index of investor sentiment toward Switzerland plunged to a 3-month low of -41.3 in March from ... (full story)