Financial Markets Daily Report
14 mayo 2026
With no meaningful progress in the peace negotiations between the US and Iran, market focus shifted toward macroeconomic data releases and earnings results. Investors also remained attentive to President Trump’s arrival in China for talks with President Xi Jinping, where discussions are expected to focus on the implications of the Middle East conflict and on efforts to ease trade tensions between the two countries.
Sovereign bond yields closed mostly flat on both sides of the Atlantic, slightly narrowing euro area peripheral spreads. In currency markets, the US dollar continued to appreciate against the euro after higher-than-expected producer prices in the US lifted expectations of a rate hike from the Fed. Brent prices eased modestly, falling -2% to $105/barrel.
Equity markets advanced globally, especially in the US where strong performance by AI-related companies supported the broader market, despite the hotter-than-expected price data. In the euro area, gains were led by German stocks.