Gillian Bowen

And other currencies were also up strongly versus the US dollar.

Okay, let's get a wrap then of what's happened overseas with markets, the S&P 500 and the NASDAQ.

It was their biggest monthly gains in years, up 10.5% and 15.6% respectively.

As for Thursday's trading session, the Dow Jones Index finished up 1.6%, the S&P 500 Index was up 1% and the NASDAQ Index was 0.9% higher.

James, how has the market reacted to the key results that came through after market close yesterday?

Okay, let's have a look then at the European markets and the FTSE Euro First 300 index ended 1.4% higher while the UK FTSE 100 rose 1.6%.

So markets there jumping on Thursday, marking their biggest monthly gain in over a year as investors were relieved by better than expected corporate earnings.

The European Central Bank left interest rates unchanged, but it did signal concerns over rising inflation, spurring bets that it would lift borrowing costs by 25 basis points more than once this year.

Rolls-Royce soared 7.6% after the British engineering company said it was sticking to its profit outlook yesterday.

The banking index paired earlier losses to edge 0.1% lower as French banks reported subdued trading results.

BNP Paribas, Societe Generale and Credit Agricole slid 1.4%, 3.6% and 3.7% respectively.

All right, let's have a look at what's on the watch list.

In Australia, there are key earnings results from ANZ and ResMed.

The producer price index for the March quarter will also be released.

In the US, first quarter corporate earnings season continues with ExxonMobil, Chevron, Aon, Colgate-Palmolive,

and SIBO among those reporting today.

The ISM manufacturing PMI will also be out with 52.2 predicted.

And now that the month has ended, Laura Bezzarati will shortly have our month in review wrap ready.

When it drops, you'll be able to find it on our YouTube channel, which is called ComSecTV, and it'll also be on our socials.

Okay, it's time for our one more thing before we go.