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April 6 (Reuters) - European stock index futures jumped more
than 4% on Monday as a slowdown in coronavirus death toll in
France and Italy raised hopes that lockdown measures were
starting to show results.
Euro Stoxx 50 futures STXEc1 were up 4.1% at 0600 GMT,
with German DAX futures FDXc1 and French CAC futures FCEc1
gaining 4.5% and 4%, respectively.
Italy reported its lowest daily COVID-19 death toll for more
than two weeks on Sunday, while France's daily death toll from
the novel coronavirus dropped and admissions into intensive care
slowed. The benchmark STOXX 600 index .STOXX ended Friday with the
sixth weekly decline in seven as dismal business activity data
for March foreshadowed a deep economic and earnings recession
due to the outbreak.
Gains for FTSE 100 futures FFIc1 were kept in check by
reports that British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was still in
hospital on Monday suffering persistent coronavirus symptoms 10
days after testing positive for the virus.