27 agost 2018
Markets ended the week on a positive note as stocks rose across the main advanced and emerging economies.
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Markets ended the week on a positive note as stocks rose across the main advanced and emerging economies.
U.S. stocks remained close to all-time highs while European stock market indices posted moderate gains (with the exception of the Italian MIB, which declined by -0.4%).
Financial markets exhibited a positive performance and stocks rose across advanced and emerging economies.
Stock markets rallied in advanced economies (with the exception of Italy, where the MIB index fell by -1.8%) on the back of possible talks between Chinese and US representatives to contain trade disputes
Financial markets exhibited a pessimistic mood as stock markets suffered a broad decline across advanced and emerging economies.
During the first day of the week, global stock marketsregistered more moderated losses than on Friday.
The Turkish lira plummeted on Friday and reached almost 7 lira per dollars as tensions intensified with the U.S. following the imposition of sanctions
Geopolitical events (the diplomatictensions between Canada and Saudi Arabia and the impositions of sanctions to Russia from the U.S.) had a muted effect on advancedeconomies' stock markets. In Europe, the mainstock indices experienced moderate losses, except in Portugal and in the U.K., while the S&P 500 remained unchanged. Instead, trade tensions between China and the U.S. weighted on Chinese equity indices.