10 juliol 2018
Global stock markets continued with the positive mood and, despite the trade tensions, the main stock indices of China and the U.S. registered solid gains.
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Global stock markets continued with the positive mood and, despite the trade tensions, the main stock indices of China and the U.S. registered solid gains.
European stock markets registered small gains in the last session of the week, while in the U.S. the main indices advanced further in the advent of the earning season's start.
Investors returned from the U.S. holiday with a positive mood, and U.S. and euro area stocks registered broad-based and strong gains.
With U.S. markets closed for Independence Day and no major economic releases, the trading session was relatively quiet.
Investors in European markets exhibited a positive mood, and the main euro area stock market indices advanced by around 1.0 percent in yesterday's session (with the exception of the Portuguese PSI20, which remained flat).
Investors started the week with a negative mood as the U.S. is scheduled to impose tariffs on $34 billion of Chinese goods on Friday.
On Friday, emerging-market (EM) and European stocks rallied (with the exception of the Portuguese PSI20, which declined by -0.5 percent), while U.S. indices moderated their gains in late selling.
Global stock markets were mixed yesterday, with slight increases in the U.S. and decreases for the main European indices.
U.S. stock markets declined again yesterday, with a decrease of 0.9 per cent for the S&P 500 and of 1.5 per cent for the Nasdaq.
Global stock markets stabilized after the sell-off experienced on Monday. In the U.S., the main indices registered slight increases while in Europe stocks were mixed, with peripheral indices experiencing moderate advances and core indices remaining stable or suffering slight declines.