The Dow Jones Industrial Average .DJI rose 211.25 points, or 0.89%, to 23,875.89, the S&P 500 gained 32.77 points, or 1.15%, to 2,881.19, and the Nasdaq Composite .IXIC added 125.27 points, or 1.41%, to 8,979.66,.

The German government expects the economy, which has traditionally been dependent on exports, is expected to shrink by a post-World War Two record of 6.3% despite a massive rescue package of 750 billion euros to cushion the impact of the pandemic.

The S&P/ASX 200 index settled 0.5% higher at 5,391.1. The benchmark climbed nearly 3% this week, its biggest weekly rise since April 10.

The Turkish lira has lost some 18% this year under pressure from the novel coronavirus, which has killed 3,641 people in Turkey.

Solar power was responsible for 3.6% of the India’s overall power production in fiscal 2019/20,

Shell and Eneco are participating in the tender for Hollandse Kust (noord) through their joint venture CrossWind.

The Saint-Brieuc wind farm will be constructed some 16 kilometres (9.94 miles) off the coast of Brittany. It will be equipped with 62 units of 8-MW turbines supplied by Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy SA (BME:SGRE).

Brent was down by 24 cents, or 0.8%, to $29.48 a barrel, WTI was down by 24 cents, or 0.8%, to $29.48 a barrel

U.S. commercial crude oil inventories (excluding those in the Strategic Petroleum Reserve) increased by 4.6 million barrels from the previous week. At 532.2 million barrels, U.S. crude oil inventories are about 12% above the five year average for this time of year.

March coal exports were up 1.2% from 6.19 million mt in February but 25% lower than the 8.36 million mt exported in the year-ago month.

Gas power is the most economic dispatchable source of electricity in America today.

China's coal imports over the January to April period jumped 26.9% to 126.73 million tonnes,

Russia’s share of the global coal export market is projected to expand to 25 percent from the current 11 percent.

Russia has prioritised the development of LNG for export and the project may help the country reach its goal of producing 120 to 130 million tonnes of LNG a year in the next decade and raise its share in the global LNG market to up to 20% from around 6% in 2018, based on government data.

The S&P/ASX 200 index closed 0.4% lower at 5,364.20 points, after shedding 0.4% on Wednesday. The index is off 25.6% from its lifetime high on Feb. 20, 2020​.