The focus across the world has shifted from worrying about the coronavirus pandemic to how to restart businesses and open the economy again, according to veteran business journalist Udayan Mukherjee.

Speaking to CNBC-TV18, he said that the mood now is optimistic and people are trying to focus on how quickly economies across the world including India will open up.

Mukherjee further added that there will be difficult hurdles to cross but currently it does appear that the market is trying to put in a trading range and it may surprise us on the way up in the next week or two.