Lower taxes on selling investments like stocks will usually set investors cheering, but the tech-rich Nasdaq was not impressed, and continued its downward slide.
The pan-European STOXX 600 index rose 1.6pc, led again by a rally in sectors more exposed to economic swings like travel and leisure, miners and energy firms.
With both figures expected to be reached within days, the WHO stressed it was never too late to take action to suppress the COVID-19 crisis that has gripped the planet.