A very warm welcome to you from London, where the FTSE 100 continues its upward trajectory this morning.
The ONS has reported a marginal 0.1% rise in UK unemployment in the three months to February.
In equities, easyJet shares are up after announcing it may well outdo profit guidance of £260mln this year as strong booking figures continue into the summer.
GSK has announced its acquired late-stage biopharma firm Bellus Health (TSX:BLU) for around £1.6bn, in a bid to strengthen its respiratory drug pipeline.
Moneysupermarket shares are also trading higher on news that its revenue rose 15% year-on-year to around £106mln during the three months to March as its travel and insurance wings saw strong recoveries.
Ernst & Young is poised to cut 3,000 jobs in the US to tackle overcapacity, affecting some 5% of its workforce and mainly hitting its consultancy wing.
And in small caps, AI medical firm Spectral MD rose 3.5% after being awarded a US$4mln grant in the US.