U.S. banking earnings see JP Morgan post record Q1 revenues while Citi and Wells Fargo also beat expectations. In France, President Macron signs his controversial pension reform bill into law after the country’s highest court backed the bill and rejected calls for a referendum. Paris saw further protests over the weekend as a result. ECB policymakers have said that the recent banking turmoil has prompted a re-think about the rate hiking path, but Portuguese central bank governor Mario Centeno and his Finnish counterpart Ollie Rehn have told CNBC that pausing prematurely would be wrong. In pharma news, Merck reports promising test results for its mRNA cancer vaccine, while also sealing its $11 billion merger with biotech firm Prometheus. 

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