Financial markets ended the week with a positive tone as investors perceived that a partial trade deal between the U.S. and China is closer. More concretely, the U.S. Commerce Secretary, Wilbur Ross, said that progress was being made in the agreement's details.

Yesterday, investors traded with a risk-off mood amid media reports that suggested that the phase-one trade deal between China and the U.S. might not be reached this year.

Investor's risk-off mood remained present in yesterday's session amid hesitation on whether the U.S. and China will finally sign a phase-one trade deal this year.

Markets ended the week on a positive note as investors welcomed remarks from the U.S. and China.

Global stock markets started the week on the up as investors turned more optimistic on a phase-one trade deal between China and the U.S.

Investors traded cautiously in yesterday's session as they wait for clearer signals that the U.S. and China will close the first phase of a trade deal.

With U.S. markets closed for Thanksgiving Day, elsewhere investors traded cautiously as they eyed China's reaction to Donald Trump's signing two bills supporting Hong Kong's protesters.

In the last session of the week, investors traded with caution amid the U.S. - China tensions.

Investor sentiment weakened as Donald Trump lowered the odds for signing a phase-one trade deal with China before this year-end.

Stocks rose moderately across advanced and emerging economies ahead of the Fed's meeting and as investors continue to eye U.S.-China negotiations.

Investors traded in a risk-on mood in a session dominated by news that the U.S. and China closed their phase-one deal and by the ECB's monetary policy meeting.

In the last session of the week, financial markets echoed the agreement reached by the U.S. and China in the phase-one trade deal and the results of the general election in the UK.

Investors traded cautiously ahead of today's signature of the U.S.-China phase-one trade deal and the release of further details on the agreement.

Markets underwent a mixed session as the U.S. and China signed their phase-one trade deal. U.S. stocks advanced mildly while most AE and EM indices declined moderately.

Despite the release of better-than-expected economic data in Germany and in the UK, investors traded with a risk-off mood after Monday’s IMF downward growth revision and amid concerns that the virus outbreak in China could disrupt consumer spending.

Markets started the week on a risk-off mood, driven by concerns over the economic impact of the coronavirus outbreak in China.

In yesterday's session, investor sentiment continued to recover for the year-lows, supported by positive economic releases and waning fears of the financial fallout from a virus out of China.

Yesterday China announced that it would halve tariffs on $75 billion of U.S. products as agreed in the trade deal's Phase one.

Investors started the week in a mixed mood and stocks declined across most advanced and emerging economies but not in China nor in the U.S

Investors ended the week with a risk-off session, triggered by concerns about the economic impact of the coronavirus (i.e. a spike in infections outside China) and a negative surprise in U.S. sentiment indicators.