Markets in the week were seen extending their rally. This was partly due to the good set of earnings and of short covering as of April F&O expiry. Markets closed up around 1.5 per cent on a weekly basis.

A man throws a can at anti-riot policemen clashing with demonstrators trying to besiege the Spain's Parliament (Las Cortes) during an anti-government demonstration. A thousand of people, mostly youths, gathered recently near the Spanish parliament in Madrid in response to a call by a hardline protest movement for demonstrators to ‘Besiege Congress’ indefinitely to force the government to quit