① Pre-market US stocks: Sanofi releases earnings report; 
② 16:00 Germany April IFO Business Climate Index; 
④ Pre-market US stocks: Procter &amp; Gamble, Merck &amp; Co., PepsiCo, etc. release earnings reports; 
⑤ 20:00 German Finance Minister Christian Lindner and Bundesbank President Joachim Nagel speak; 
⑥ 20:30 US March Durable Goods Orders preliminary value, initial jobless claims for the week of April 19; 
⑦ 21:00 European Central Bank Chief Economist Philip Lane speaks; 
⑧ 21:25 Bank of England Deputy Governor Ben Broadbent speaks; 
⑨ 22:00 US March Existing Home Sales total; 
⑩ After-hours US stocks: Google's parent company Alphabet releases earnings report;

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Today's key financial events to watch include: pre-market earnings reports from Sanofi, Procter & Gamble, Merck, PepsiCo, and Google's parent company Alphabet; the release of Germany's April IFO Business Climate Index; speeches by German Finance Minister Christian Lindner and Bundesbank President Joachim Nagel; the preliminary value of U.S. March durable goods orders and initial jobless claims; speeches by European Central Bank Chief Economist Philip Lane and Bank of England Deputy Governor Ben Broadbent; and the release of U.S. March existing home sales totals

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