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Investors traded with moderate optimism in a session in which U.S. markets were closed due to President's Holiday.

In the last session of the week, investors traded cautiously amid mixed economic data releases. In this context, stock indices edged down modestly in most euro area countries and rose mildly in the U.S.

Yesterday, investors traded cautiously. The session started in a risk-off mood due to a surge in the number of infections, but markets gradually calmed down as the surge was mostly due to improved measurement techniques.

Yesterday, investors traded in a risk-on mood for the second day in a row, as markets turned more optimistic on the economic impact of the coronavirus outbreak.

Investors traded in a positive mood, supported by a statement from Chinese officials saying that the coronavirus epidemic could be contained by April.

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

In the last session of the week, renewed concern over the coronavirus overshadowed positive economic data releases and markets retreated, reversing the gains recorded earlier in the week.

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

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 investor sentiment continued to recover from previous session’s sell-off mood.

Investor sentiment improved in the first session of the week boosted by better-than-expected business sentiment indicators in advanced economies and a stabilization of investor's concerns over the coronavirus impact on the economy.

Financial markets ended the week with another risk-off session as investors continued to consider the potential damage that coronavirus may have on the economy.