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

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

Advanced financial markets started the week in an optimistic mood. Stock market indices advanced moderately both in the U.S. and Europe (except for the Italian MIB).
 

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.

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.

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).

Most of the European stock market indices decreased on Friday while the main U.S. indices registered slight increases.

Global stock markets started the week on a positive note, with slight increases for almost all the developed stock market indices.

Markets were calm amid prospects of diminishing geopolitical risks after President Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un pledged to work towards North Korea's denuclearization during the historical summit held yesterday in Singapore.

As it was broadly expected, Federal Reserve officials decided to raise interest rates for the second time this year.

The ECB announced the phasing out of quantitative easing with net purchases diminishing from 30 to 15 billion euros in the last quarter of the year and ceasing in December.

Trade tensions between U.S. and China increased as the U.S. Administration announced that it will impose tariffs on Chinese goods.

For the second day in a row, European stock markets suffered broad-based losses, with the exception of PSI 20 which experienced no change.

Yesterday, European stock markets maintained the negative note, with slight decreases in most indices and a more pronounced decline in the German DAX.

Global stock markets performed positively yesterday with modest increases in the S&P 500 and in the main European indices, except for the Portuguese and the French indices that closed with moderate losses.