13 abril 2018
Most of the global stock markets indices registered gains on Thursday even if increases were more moderate in Europe.
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Most of the global stock markets indices registered gains on Thursday even if increases were more moderate in Europe.
Yesterday, investors adopted a more cautious stance that translated into small declines for most of the global stock markets, as tensions are escalating in the Middle East and Donald Trump is considering a military intervention in Syria.
Global stock markets continued the week on a positive note, especially in the U.S. where the main stock markets indices gained around 2 percent yesterday.
Global stock markets started the week with slight gains, after the Chinese President Xi Jinping sent a positive signal to the market saying he backs globalization and the opening up of China's market.
Global stock markets terminated the week on a negative stance, with declines above 2% in the U.S. and more limited losses in Europe.
Stock markets rebounded strongly, with the main Euro Area indices up by more than 2.0 percent and U.S. indices advancing around 1.0 percent.
Stock markets swung back and forth as they dropped in early trading and bounced back in the last part of the session.
European stock markets posted losses in their first session after the Easter holidays while U.S. stock markets rebounded after a mixed start.
On Thursday, in the last session before the Easter holidays, stock markets posted gains both in the U.S. (S&P 500 +1.4%) and in Europe (Eurostoxx 50 +0.9%). Yesterday, European stock markets were still closed but U.S. markets opened back with losses (S&P 500 -2.2%).
European stock markets were mixed yesterday while stocks registered slight decreases in the U.S.