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Market sentiment continued to improve on the back of economic measures against the covid-19.

In the first session of the week, investor sentiment improved moderately amid mixed virus-related news.

On Friday, global stocks declined amid economic releases showing the impact of the COVID-19.

U.S. stocks climbed on optimism for another round of stimulus while euro area stocks were mixed after EU finance ministers failed to agree on an economic package to respond to the pandemic

In yesterday’s session, risk sentiment improved as investors showed lower pessimism over the outlook of the covid-19 pandemic.

Financial markets experienced yesterday another risk-off session in which stock indices declined across the board and yields on safe sovereign bonds edged down.

In the first session of the week, investor sentiment improved as covid-19 deaths slowed in Europe and some major economies moved shyly toward reopening. 

Risk aversion continued to increase at the start of the week.

Investors traded cautiously in yesterday's session. Uneasiness around U.S.-China relations and the release of economic indicators and forecasts affected by the COVID-19 sent global stocks lower while safe-haven currencies rose.

A better-than-expected U.S. employment report for May boosted investor sentiment in the last session of the week.

Markets were mixed in the last session of the week as investors looked for direction.

Investors started the week on a positive note. Volatility declined and stocks rose across Europe, the U.S. and Latin America.

Volatility nudged down in the first session of Q3 2020. U.S. stocks advanced moderately as economic indicators recovered (ISM manufacturing at 52.6 points in June, its first reading above the 50-threshold since early 2020). Elsewhere, stocks declined in Europe and gained in EM.
 

In yesterday's session, caution returned to financial markets. Investors' concerns over the economic growth were fuelled by the European Commission Summer economic projections, which forecast a sharpest fall this year and a slower recovery, and Fed members' downbeat comments.

In yesterday's session, investors traded with a risk-off mood due to increased concerns over the speed of the economic recovery as covid-19 cases continue to surge.

Positive developments around a potential COVID-19 vaccine fueled a risk-on mood in yesterday's session. Stocks rose across advanced and emerging economies and, in the U.S., shares of Moderna - a company working on a vaccine - surged close to 7% after a small-scale study showed its experimental vaccine produced high levels of antibodies.

Financial markets performed poorly in yesterday's session amid worse-than-expected US labor market data (initial unemployment claims rose last week for the first time since late March) and rising tensions between the US and China.

During a busy day for economic data releases, investors digested the record-low GDP growth figures in the US and Germany and demand for safe-haven assets rose.

In August, investors have been trading on a cautiously positive note –weighing the recovery in activity indicators against ongoing and renewed coronavirus outbreaks across advanced and emerging economies. In this context, somewhat lower risk aversion has eased pressures on safe-haven assets and favored the performance of risky assets.