25 juny 2018
European stock markets ended the week on a positive note while the main U.S. indices were mixed, with a slight decrease for the Nasdaq and a small gain for the S&P 500.
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European stock markets ended the week on a positive note while the main U.S. indices were mixed, with a slight decrease for the Nasdaq and a small gain for the S&P 500.
Yesterday European assets suffered another risk-off episode (more moderated than the experienced in late May) after two euro skeptic economists from League were appointed as heads of economic committees of the Italian Senate.
Global stock markets performed positively yesterday with modest increases in the S&P 500 and in the main European indices, except for the Portuguese and the French indices that closed with moderate losses.
Yesterday, European stock markets maintained the negative note, with slight decreases in most indices and a more pronounced decline in the German DAX.
For the second day in a row, European stock markets suffered broad-based losses, with the exception of PSI 20 which experienced no change.
Trade tensions between U.S. and China increased as the U.S. Administration announced that it will impose tariffs on Chinese goods.
The ECB announced the phasing out of quantitative easing with net purchases diminishing from 30 to 15 billion euros in the last quarter of the year and ceasing in December.
As it was broadly expected, Federal Reserve officials decided to raise interest rates for the second time this year.
Markets were calm amid prospects of diminishing geopolitical risks after President Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un pledged to work towards North Korea's denuclearization during the historical summit held yesterday in Singapore.
Global stock markets started the week on a positive note, with slight increases for almost all the developed stock market indices.