Financial Markets Daily Report

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Markets exhibited a positive mood as they were fueled by positive sentiment indicators.

Risk aversion took over the session amid disappointing economic indicators and as media reports suggested that the U.S. and China are struggling to resume negotiations.

Investors traded cautiously in the first session of the week.

On Friday, markets ended a turbulent August with modest stock market increases and sovereign yields fluctuating around year-lows.

Stock markets rose across advanced and emerging economies as investor sentiment was buoyed by conciliatory remarks on the trade front.

Global stocks were mixed and the focus in yesterday's session was on political developments in Europe.

Financial markets were mixed in yesterday's session.

Markets started the week on a constructive note as investors found support on positive geopolitical gestures.

Markets are suffering a turbulent summer.

Stock markets rose mildly in most trading floors while yields on sovereign bonds edged up in the US and declined in the euro area (the German Bund reached a new minimum yielding -0.58%).

After the risk-off session of Monday, triggered by the depreciation of the Chinese yuan above the 7 yuans per US dollar threshold, financial markets' volatility moderated and stock indices edged down in Europe and rose in the US.

Financial markets buckled on Monday after China let its yuan weaken below 7 to the dollar, an 11 year low, adding to broad risk aversion on concerns about the escalation of the US – China trade tensions.