In the last session of the week, financial markets showed an upbeat tone on the back of a better perspective on China and U.S. trade talks.
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Financial markets were little changed in the first session of the week, as U.S. markets were closed because of the President's Day holiday.
In the last session of the week, stocks rallied across the board amid positive signs from U.S.-China trade negotiations.
Stocks were mixed in yesterday's session as investors digested several economic releases and the U.S. formally suspended the tariff increase on Chinese goods "until further notice" (as had already been announced by Trump).
In the last session of the week, stocks rose across the board sparked by news from China.
As concerns related to the economic outlook have stabilized, investor's sentiment recovered from the negative tone that prevailed since the end of last week.
Investors ended the week on a positive note and stocks rose across the board boosted by optimism over trade talks between the U.S. and China.
Global stocks strengthened and core sovereign yields advanced on the back of improving sentiment indicators in the U.S. and China's manufacturing sectors.
After a strong start of the week, financial markets steadied in yesterday's session. European stocks advanced moderately on the back of carmakers while U.S. stocks finished with small gains after being lower for most of the session.
As financial markets were closed in most euro area countries, yesterday's focus was in the U.S., where the main equity indices ticked up in the lowest trading session since November.
Benoît Cœuré, member of the executive Board of the ECB, said yesterday in an interview that he is not favorable of tiering the central bank negative interest rates.
Stocks fell, the U.S. dollar appreciated against most currencies and U.S. and German sovereign yields ticked up as investors digested the outcome of Wednesday's Fed monetary policy meeting, which was in line with our expectation of no changes in monetary policy for the coming quarters.
Global stock markets extended the losses as investors digested the turn in trade negotiations between the U.S. and China.
Stocks fell across the board in the last session of the week.
Stock indices in advanced economies tumbled as the Donald Trump administration put the Chinese telecom Huawei in the blacklist that could forbid it from doing business with U.S. companies.
In yesterday's session, investors focused on brexit news, the release of the last Fed meeting minutes and trade tensions between the U.S. and China.
Investors welcomed Fed Chairman Jerome Powell comments saying that the Federal Reserve is monitoring the possible implications of trade tensions and that it "will act as appropriate to sustain the expansion".
Financial markets were relatively quiet in the first session of the week as investors await for the several central bank decisions and communications expected for this week (most notably Fed, Bank of England and Bank of Japan).
The resumption in trade negotiations between China and US boosted stock indices across the globe at the beginning of yesterday's session.
Investor sentiment improved in yesterday's session with the expectation of an extension of the accommodative monetary policy stance. Analysts expect Christine Lagarde to follow Mario Draghi's approach and provide monetary stimulus in the coming quarters.