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Markets were mixed in a light-volume session with no major economic releases. A rebound in Chinese equities and rising commodity prices supported EM currencies and triggered gains across emerging-economy stock markets. In advanced-economies, U.S. equities rose moderately while European markets closed mixed.

Investors traded with a positive tone in yesterday's session as March PMI data surprised on the upside in most regions, particularly in the euro area (Composite Index 52.5 vs 48.8 in February). The advance was more robust in the manufacturing sector, although the services index also increased.

Investors operated with a pessimistic tone as they continued to digest the IMF's downward revisions to global growth forecasts.

In yesterday's session, political uncertainty weighted on European financial markets, while the September's Fed meeting minutes focused the attention in the U.S.

Financial markets started the week recovering from previous session's losses and advanced-economy stock indices managed to register gains.

Gains eased in the last session of the week, stocks finished down slightly on Friday and volatility declined.

After yesterday's weak Chinese trade data, investors showed concerns about slowing global growth and traded in a cautious mood.

In fixed-income markets, yields on advanced economies' sovereign bonds decreased.

Stocks surged back into positive territory as U.S. indices benefited from positive earnings results in the technology sector. In emerging economies, stocks declined in Asia (where Thursday's trading session was dragged by late-Wednesday's risk-off mood) and advanced in Latin America.

Yesterday, the sell-off in global stocks accelerated as investors traded in a risk-off mood.

Investors traded in a positive mood after Chinese officials had stated early in the morning that the Chinese government will continue to cut taxes in order to support its slowing economy.

Investors exhibited a risk-off mood in yesterday's session as volatility ticked up and stocks declined worldwide.

Investors started the week on a positive mood, favoring risky assets amid supportive economic releases. Volatility declined, stock markets rallied across advanced and emerging economies, most currencies strengthened against the USD and commodity prices rebounded on the back of positive market sentiment.

Investors started the week in a mixed mood and stock markets declined across the main advanced economies.

In the last session of the week, investors traded cautiously and stocks closed flat or with moderate losses.

In yesterday's session, financial markets operated in a risk-off scenario, partly fueled in Europe by the European Commission's response to the Italian budget, which hints the possibility of a rejection from Brussels.

Volatility spiked amid fears that U.S.-China trade tensions may have damaged Q3 corporate earnings.

Global financial markets continued to trade on a cautious mood and U.S. and emerging-economy stocks nudged down.

Global risk aversion and tensions around Italy's fiscal stance continued to drive financial markets.

In the last session of the week, the mood was disparate in both sides of the Atlantic. In Europe, losses in the main stock markets were moderate and broad-based, while in the U.S., the S&P 500 bounced back from the losses registered on previous days.