Financial Markets Daily Report

Search

Markets closed a volatile week on a relatively quiet note. Stocks rose moderately across advanced and emerging economies and U.S. and German sovereign yields were stable around their year-lows.

In yesterday's session a risk-off mood dominated investor sentiment. Stock indices declined across the globe and the price of safe assets (such as U.S. Treasuries, Japanese yen, Swiss franc and gold) rose.

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.

Investor sentiment improved mildly as news coming from the trade tensions between the U.S. and China were slightly conciliatory.

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.

Stocks fell across the board in the last session of the week.

Stocks rose across advanced economies as the rebound in risk assets from the trade-driven sell-off continued.

Easing trade tensions between the U.S. and some of its main trade partners improved investor sentiment.

Investor sentiment improved in yesterday's session after President Trump signaled that the U.S. and China will continue to negotiate a trade deal.

Trade tensions continued to rattle financial markets at the start of the week.

Investor sentiment has stopped deteriorating as trade negotiations between the U.S. and China keep on going despite the increase in tariffs that took place on Friday.

In yesterday's session, investor sentiment worsened as the U.S. and China could not reach a last-minute agreement to avoid today's tariff increase from 10% to 25% on $200 billion of Chinese imports.