(Bloomberg) -- European shares gained along with U.S. equity futures as stellar earnings from American tech giants lifted sentiment amid dismal economic data and a resurgent virus. Gold climbed to a record.

Apple Inc., Amazon.com Inc., and Facebook Inc. all rose in pre-market trading after quarterly results showed the pandemic has increased dependence on their products and services. Tech shares lifted the Stoxx Europe 600 Index, even after France and Spain posted record economic contractions. Nokia Oyj soared after earnings beat estimates, while BNP Paribas SA jumped on a blowout performance in fixed-income trading.

Treasury yields ticked lower. The dollar was little changed after paring a decline, while oil clawed back some of its retreat seen in the wake of weak U.S. economic data.

Even as earnings are largely beating expectations, investors continue to mull figures that highlight the long struggle toward a full global economic recovery. The European GDP numbers add to stark data from the U.S., though Chinese manufacturing figures indicate a slow mend for Asia’s largest economy. Unprecedented deaths in several U.S. states and a partial lockdown in northern England show the pandemic is still wreaking havoc.

“It’s shocking no matter how you look at it,” said Randy Frederick, vice president of trading and derivatives for Schwab Center for Financial Research. “The virus is getting worse in a lot of areas, and some places have started to shut back down again. If you look at earnings in terms of beat rates, the results have actually been pretty good, granted the expectations bar has been set very low.”

Here are some key events coming up:

• Results from Chevron Corp. and Caterpillar Inc. are due Friday.

These are some of the main moves in markets:

Stocks

• Futures on the S&P 500 Index increased 0.3% as of 10:28 a.m. London time.
• The Stoxx Europe 600 Index increased 0.6%.
• The MSCI Asia Pacific Index decreased 1.1%.
• The MSCI Emerging Market Index decreased 0.1%.

Currencies

• The Bloomberg Dollar Spot Index was little changed.
• The euro was little changed at $1.1844.
• The British pound rose 0.1% to $1.3109.
• The onshore yuan strengthened 0.5% to 6.976 per dollar.
• The Japanese yen weakened 0.1% to 104.80 per dollar.

Bonds

• The yield on 10-year Treasuries sank two basis points to 0.53%.
• The yield on two-year Treasuries dipped one basis point to 0.11%.
• Germany’s 10-year yield fell one basis point to -0.55%.
• Britain’s 10-year yield declined one basis point to 0.078%.
• Japan’s 10-year yield decreased less than one basis point to 0.02%.

Commodities

• West Texas Intermediate crude increased 0.5% to $40.12 a barrel.
• Brent crude increased 0.7% to $43.22 a barrel.
• Gold strengthened 1% to $1,975.69 an ounce.

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