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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.

Financial markets showed a less negative sentiment on Italian assets, as M5S and Lega closed a new government deal that eased concerns on euro break-up.

Investors exhibited a more optimistic mood after the safe haven episode experienced on Tuesday.

Political uncertainty in Italy triggered another flight-to-quality episode in global financial markets.

European stock markets edged down, with the Italian FTSE MIB leading the losses and declining more than 2%.

European stock markets were mixed, with the Ibex and the Italian FTSE MIB loosing 1.7 percent and 1.5 percent respectively.

U.S. stock markets registered slight declines after President Trump had decided to cancel the summit with the North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.

Minutes of the Federal Reserve's May 1-2 meeting showed officials said the economic outlook warranted another interest-rate hike "soon".

U.S. stock markets registered slight losses while in Europe the main indices advanced timidly, with increases around 0.5 percent.

European fixed-income markets started the week with a safe-haven movement as Italy's Lega and M5S agreed on Giuseppe Conte (a law professor from Florence University) as their pick for prime minister.

European markets closed yesterday's session in a more positive mood.

Volatility spiked in European sovereign bond markets.

The yield on 10-year U.S. Treasuries jumped above the 3 percent threshold to its highest level in about seven years.

U.S. and European stock markets were relatively quiet at the start of the week.

On Friday, stock markets edged up in the U.S. and were mixed in the euro area (advancing in the periphery and nudging down in the core).

Global stock markets edged up with the Ibex 35 registering a slight increase of 0.2 percent and the S&P 500 gaining 0.9 percent.

Global stock markets edged up with the Ibex 35 and the S&P 500 registering increases of 0.5 and 1 percent respectively.

In yesterday's session investors traded with a positive mood as the IMF revised upwards its macroeconomic projections for most advanced and emerging economies. The more vigorous recovery is driven by the fiscal stimulus packages and the vaccination campaign gathering pace in the next quarters.

Stock markets rebounded worldwide after having suffered losses in the first session of the week.

Worldwide, stock markets suffered losses which were led by tech companies.