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Financial markets ended the week with a positive tone and stock indices rose in most European and U.S. trading floors.

Investor sentiment continued to improve in yesterday's session as trade tensions between China and the U.S. moderated.

The long awaited ECB monetary policy meeting came with few surprises and Mario Draghi, its President, announced a package of stimulus measures which caused back-and-force movements in financial valuations.

On Friday, sovereign yields rose and European stocks edged up as investors digested the new round of ECB stimulus.

Global stocks were mixed as market attention shifted from the weekend's attack on Saudi Arabia's oil facilities to today's Fed meeting.

U.S. stocks and 10-year sovereign yields ended little changed as investors digested the outcome of yesterday's Fed meeting.

Financial markets ended the week amid mixed signals from trade negotiations and monetary policy.

Financial markets behaved differently on both sides of the Atlantic, reacting to different drivers.

Markets ended the week in a mixed session.

Volatility rose and stocks tumbled across advanced and emerging economies as the release of disappointing economic indicators led to a risk-averse mood among investors.

Volatility rose again and stock markets took another hit across advanced and emerging economies.

Investor expectations of easier U.S. monetary policy pushed down sovereign yields and fueled an across-the-board advance in stock markets.

Financial markets breathed as investors' fears of a U.S. recession cooled down.

Volatility rose and stock indices declined across the board as investors turned pessimistic on this week’s trade talks.

Yesterday's session was driven by the last ECB meeting chaired by Mario Draghi and October's flash PMIs

The UK economy barely grew in Q3 (0.1% quarter-on-quarter), representing a slowdown compared to the growth rates seen in the first half of the year (0.7% in Q1 – due to the anticipation effect of the tariff war unleashed by Trump – and 0.3% in Q2); GDP continues to grow, but at a pace that remains too slow to be considered sustained expansion. 

Poland became the 20th largest economy in the world in 2025. Following the downturn in 2023 caused by the war in Ukraine, Poland’s economic growth has been remarkable and is expected to remain strong in the short term.

Morocco's performance has been buoyant in recent years, driven by investment projects and capital inflows (preparations for the 2025 African Cup of Nations and 2030 FIFA World Cup football tournaments, water, energy and transport infrastructure, etc.), but also by institutional reforms, an improving business environment, and the economy becoming increasingly export-oriented (especially tourism, automobiles and fertilisers) with the EU as the main destination (close to 70% of exports).

Economic growth picked up moderately in 2025, to 1.1%, favoured by improved electricity supplies, the recovery of private consumption and increased confidence following the formation of the National Unity Government in 2024.

Following a robust recovery in 2024, the Peruvian economy continues to expand at a favourable pace, though somewhat more moderately, primarily due to a slowdown in private consumption, which is being constrained by the mounting political and social instability affecting the country.