Financial Markets Daily Report

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With U.S. markets closed for Independence Day and no major economic releases, the trading session was relatively quiet.

Investors in European markets exhibited a positive mood, and the main euro area stock market indices advanced by around 1.0 percent in yesterday's session (with the exception of the Portuguese PSI20, which remained flat).

Investors started the week with a negative mood as the U.S. is scheduled to impose tariffs on $34 billion of Chinese goods on Friday.

On Friday, emerging-market (EM) and European stocks rallied (with the exception of the Portuguese PSI20, which declined by -0.5 percent), while U.S. indices moderated their gains in late selling.

Global stock markets were mixed yesterday, with slight increases in the U.S. and decreases for the main European indices.

U.S. stock markets declined again yesterday, with a decrease of 0.9 per cent for the S&P 500 and of 1.5 per cent for the Nasdaq.

Global stock markets stabilized after the sell-off experienced on Monday. In the U.S., the main indices registered slight increases while in Europe stocks were mixed, with peripheral indices experiencing moderate advances and core indices remaining stable or suffering slight declines.

Global stock markets suffered a significant sell-off as trade tensions continued to worry investors.

European stock markets ended the week on a positive note while the main U.S. indices were mixed, with a slight decrease for the Nasdaq and a small gain for the S&P 500.

Yesterday European assets suffered another risk-off episode (more moderated than the experienced in late May) after two euro skeptic economists from League were appointed as heads of economic committees of the Italian Senate.

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.

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