SQUAWK BOX, THURSDAY 22ND APRIL, 2021

Credit Suisse slumps to a CHF252m Q1 loss with CEO Thomas Gottstein calling the Archegos and Greensill scandal-linked losses “unacceptable”. The Dow regains more than 300 points and the Nasdaq bounces back by 1 per cent on strong pandemic recovery stocks. Airbus reorganises aero-parts production lines in France and Germany in a bid to cut costs. President Biden’s environmental summit is set to begin on Earth Day with Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen pledging to tackle the “existential threat” of climate change. In Frankfurt, ECB President Christine Lagarde is expected to keep rates on hold with pressure growing for the central bank to taper bond-buying.