As it was broadly expected, Federal Reserve officials decided to raise interest rates for the second time this year.
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Markets were calm amid prospects of diminishing geopolitical risks after President Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un pledged to work towards North Korea's denuclearization during the historical summit held yesterday in Singapore.
Global stock markets started the week on a positive note, with slight increases for almost all the developed stock market indices.
Most of the European stock market indices decreased on Friday while the main U.S. indices registered slight increases.
Yesterday markets exhibited a mixed performance as most U.S. and European stock market indices declined (with the exception of the Spanish Ibex 35 and the Portuguese PSI 20).
European sovereign yields edged up on the back of upbeat comments from the ECB's Chief Economist Peter Praet, which gave investors greater confidence in the ECB's intentions to gradually wind down net asset purchases in the coming months.
Yesterday, risk aversion returned to European markets (although less sharply than last week) as investors reacted to Italian PM Giuseppe Conte's maiden speech in the Senate.
Global stock markets terminated the week on a negative stance, with declines above 2% in the U.S. and more limited losses in Europe.
U. S. stock markets rebounded strongly yesterday.
Volatility remained elevated in global financial markets.
European stock markets were mixed yesterday while stocks registered slight decreases in the U.S.
On Thursday, in the last session before the Easter holidays, stock markets posted gains both in the U.S. (S&P 500 +1.4%) and in Europe (Eurostoxx 50 +0.9%). Yesterday, European stock markets were still closed but U.S. markets opened back with losses (S&P 500 -2.2%).
European stock markets posted losses in their first session after the Easter holidays while U.S. stock markets rebounded after a mixed start.
Stock markets swung back and forth as they dropped in early trading and bounced back in the last part of the session.
Stock markets rebounded strongly, with the main Euro Area indices up by more than 2.0 percent and U.S. indices advancing around 1.0 percent.
Most of the global stock markets indices registered gains on Thursday even if increases were more moderate in Europe.
U.S. and European stock markets rallied amid a positive start to the U.S. earnings season.
U.S. stock markets rose and European stocks registered small declines in a light economic calendar session.
In the last session of the week, U.S. stock markets nudged down after European stocks had closed the session with moderate gains.
Global stock markets continued the week on a positive note, especially in the U.S. where the main stock markets indices gained around 2 percent yesterday.