22 May 2018
European fixed-income markets started the week with a safe-haven movement as Italy's Lega and M5S agreed on Giuseppe Conte (a law professor from Florence University) as their pick for prime minister.
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European fixed-income markets started the week with a safe-haven movement as Italy's Lega and M5S agreed on Giuseppe Conte (a law professor from Florence University) as their pick for prime minister.
The yield on 10-year U.S. Treasuries jumped above the 3 percent threshold to its highest level in about seven years.
On Friday, stock markets edged up in the U.S. and were mixed in the euro area (advancing in the periphery and nudging down in the core).
Global stock markets edged up with the Ibex 35 registering a slight increase of 0.2 percent and the S&P 500 gaining 0.9 percent.
Global stock markets edged up with the Ibex 35 and the S&P 500 registering increases of 0.5 and 1 percent respectively.
Global stock markets were mixed yesterday with no changes for the main U.S. indices and an increase of 0.3 percent for the Ibex 35.
All European stock markets edged up while, in the US, the S&P 500 gained 0.3 percent driven by oil companies.