Markets started the week cautiously as investors moderated their hopes about the U.S.-China preliminary deal.

Investors started the week trading with optimism due to positive signs on the trade talks between the U.S. and China.

Investor optimism around trade talks led to a moderate risk-on mood at the end of the week. In particular, officials said that sections of the first phase of a trade deal between the U.S. and China are nearly completed.

Markets started the week on a risk-on mood and on the back of fresh optimism on U.S.-China trade talks.

On the back of advances in the trade negotiations between the U.S. and China, investor's risk appetite increased in yesterday's session.

Markets started the week on a cautious mood as concerns that the U.S. and China are struggling to close the first phase of a trade deal weighed on sentiment.

Markets continued to reduce their risk appetite after yesterday's release of Chinese indicators and as investors reassess the prospects of closing a U.S.-China deal soon.

Financial markets ended the week with a positive tone as investors perceived that a partial trade deal between the U.S. and China is closer. More concretely, the U.S. Commerce Secretary, Wilbur Ross, said that progress was being made in the agreement's details.

Yesterday, investors traded with a risk-off mood amid media reports that suggested that the phase-one trade deal between China and the U.S. might not be reached this year.

Investor's risk-off mood remained present in yesterday's session amid hesitation on whether the U.S. and China will finally sign a phase-one trade deal this year.

Markets ended the week on a positive note as investors welcomed remarks from the U.S. and China.

Global stock markets started the week on the up as investors turned more optimistic on a phase-one trade deal between China and the U.S.

Investors traded cautiously in yesterday's session as they wait for clearer signals that the U.S. and China will close the first phase of a trade deal.

With U.S. markets closed for Thanksgiving Day, elsewhere investors traded cautiously as they eyed China's reaction to Donald Trump's signing two bills supporting Hong Kong's protesters.

In the last session of the week, investors traded with caution amid the U.S. - China tensions.

Investor sentiment weakened as Donald Trump lowered the odds for signing a phase-one trade deal with China before this year-end.

Stocks rose moderately across advanced and emerging economies ahead of the Fed's meeting and as investors continue to eye U.S.-China negotiations.

Investors traded in a risk-on mood in a session dominated by news that the U.S. and China closed their phase-one deal and by the ECB's monetary policy meeting.

In the last session of the week, financial markets echoed the agreement reached by the U.S. and China in the phase-one trade deal and the results of the general election in the UK.

Investors traded cautiously ahead of today's signature of the U.S.-China phase-one trade deal and the release of further details on the agreement.