In yesterday's session, investor sentiment improved as some European countries and U.S. states moved toward gradually reopening their economies.
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In a session in which the focus was expected to be the FOMC meeting and the Q1 2020 US GDP release, investors shifted their attention to the expectations of an effective COVID-19 treatment.
Markets ended the week in a risk-off mood.
In yesterday's session, volatility rose as data on new COVID-19 cases rose in the U.S. and investors digested the Federal Reserve adverse description of the economic outlook.
Markets started the week on a positive note as recovering activity indicators for May offset concerns over renewed U.S.-China tensions.
Market sentiment continued to improve as investors focused on easing lockdown restrictions and signs of recovering economic indicators.
Markets traded in a risk-on mood in yesterday's session as investors continued to focus on improvements in economic indicators.
Investors traded cautiously and stock markets lost some ground after having advanced strongly in the previous days.
Investors started the week with mixed sentiment in Europe and optimism in the U.S., driven, respectively, by weaker-than-expected economic data releases on one side and the perception that activity is recovering on the other.
In yesterday's session, investors traded with caution and leaned towards safer assets as they awaited for today's Federal Reserve monetary policy meeting conclusion.
In yesterday’s session, investors traded cautiously ahead of the Federal Reserve monetary policy meeting.
Investors traded more cautiously as new covid-19 infections and containment measures in China weighed on sentiment.
In the first session of the week, investors traded in a lower volatility environment and weighed, on the one hand, the increase in covid-19 cases around the globe and, on the other, the possibility of additional government stimulus.
In the last session of the week investors traded cautiously amid doubts over the evolution of the pandemic in the US and as EU leaders ended their Friday meeting with no agreement on the EU recovery plan.
Markets searched for direction as investors weighed an increase in coronavirus infections and policy announcements.
Concerns about a second wave of the coronavirus pandemic dominated investor sentiment in the first session of the week.
Investors traded cautiously in the last session of the week. Volatility eased after Thursday's sell-off and stocks recovered some ground on Friday but still closed the week suffering their largest weekly loss since March.
In yesterday's session investors continued to find relief in the European Commission's recovery plan. Sentiment also benefited from economic indicators showing a gradual improvement in activity.
Investors traded in a risk-on mood in yesterday's session, fuelling a rally in stock markets across advanced and emerging economies.