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Concerns about trade tensions and global growth crept back into markets in the last session of the week.

Financial markets remained in a cautious mood as the tariff increase truce approaches its end (currently set to end on March 1st) and investors awaited for the last Fed and ECB's meeting minutes.

Financial markets were little changed in the first session of the week, as U.S. markets were closed because of the President's Day holiday.

In the last session of the week, financial markets showed an upbeat tone on the back of a better perspective on China and U.S. trade talks.

Positive market sentiment faded in yesterday's session after the release of weak economic figures.

Stock markets posted gains across Europe and the US, while sovereign yields moved in opposite directions as they recorded mild declines in the eurozone and moderate increases in the US.

Investors took stock after the significant gains of the last sessions and stocks advanced moderately.

Stock markets mixed on Wednesday, as they remained broadly stable in the US, declined in the euro area periphery and advanced in Germany.

Stock markets advanced in Europe and the US as German sovereign yields remained stable and US yields edged up.

International stock and sovereign bonds markets remained relatively unchanged during the last day of the week.

Investor sentiment remained positive in yesterday's session, fuelling higher oil prices and gains in stock markets across advanced and emerging economies.

Ahead of high-level U.S.-China negotiations later in the week, optimism over trade talks boosted investor sentiment in yesterday's session.

Investors struck an upbeat tone in the first session of the week as they eye ongoing U.S.-China trade talks (high level officials are to meet on Thursday and Friday).

Investors traded in a mixed mood ahead of this week's trade talks and the Fed's meeting.

Ahead of the outcome of the U.S. Federal Reserve meeting, investors traded in a relatively quiet mood as they watched developments around the two-day trade talks between Chinese and U.S. negotiators.

US stock markets slipped in a low-volume session in which treasury markets were closed for the Columbus Day holiday.

Markets were relatively quiet, with mild movements in stock markets (advancing in the US and retracing in Europe) and stable sovereign yields.

The Fed's dovish turn (see), better-than-expected earnings releases, and a positive end to U.S.-China trade negotiations in Washington (to be continued in mid-February) fueled a rally in U.S. and EM stocks.

Markets traded in a cautious mood as concerns about global growth (some companies blamed slowing global growth for disappointing results) and trade tensions (U.S. prosecutors filed criminal charges against Huawei and its CFO while China asked the WTO to rule on its complain about U.S. tariffs) came back to the fore.

In the last session of the week, financial markets operated in a positive tone.