Stock markets stabilized after the losses of the last two sessions and sovereign yields were roughly unchanged.
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Stock markets suffered losses for the third time in the week, with stronger declines in the Euro Area than in the U.S.
Markets started the week in a cautious mood as investors pondered over pandemic dynamics and the economic outlook. Stock markets declined moderately across most advanced and emerging economies while commodities were mixed and FX markets were little changed.
Developed stock markets continued to register strong declines during the last day of the week as investors adjusted to a surge in global bond yields.
Volatility surged and global stock sell-off deepened yesterday with declines around 4% in the U.S. stock markets while in Europe decreases were more moderate. In sovereign bond markets, increased appetite for safe assets resulted into significant decreases in yields.
U.S. stock markets showed signs of stabilization after several days of declines while in Europe they continued to registered strong decreases.
European stocks stabilized and closed higher, but U.S. stocks were unsteady and ended Wednesday's session lower.
The sell-off in global stocks that briefly looked to have ended mid-week came back, tipping stock markets into renewed declines.
U.S. stock markets ended their worst week in two years on a positive note, while European stocks also suffered losses in the last session of the week.
On Monday, stock markets surged after two weeks of corrections.
Volatility levels remained elevated as stock and fixed-income markets were mixed across the globe.
U.S. stock markets extended its rebound even as Treasury yields rose strongly with the release of January's CPI inflation.
U.S. stocks rallied and yields on Treasuries nudged up, with the 10-year yield stabilizing marginally above 2.90 percent.
After the strong correction registered during the first weeks of February, global stock markets closed last week on a positive note with stronger increases in Europe than in the U.S., where they remained relatively stable on Friday.
Yesterday, European stock markets registered slight declines while U.S. markets were closed for the Presidents' Day Holiday.
Yesterday, risk aversion returned to European markets (although less sharply than last week) as investors reacted to Italian PM Giuseppe Conte's maiden speech in the Senate.
Most of the European stock market indices decreased on Friday while the main U.S. indices registered slight increases.
Yesterday markets exhibited a mixed performance as most U.S. and European stock market indices declined (with the exception of the Spanish Ibex 35 and the Portuguese PSI 20).
European sovereign yields edged up on the back of upbeat comments from the ECB's Chief Economist Peter Praet, which gave investors greater confidence in the ECB's intentions to gradually wind down net asset purchases in the coming months.
Markets ended the week on a positive note as stocks rallied, U.S. and German sovereign yields ticked up and euro area peripheral sovereign spreads declined strongly.