26 noviembre 2018
Financial markets ended the week in a mixed tone. In Europe, most stock indices advanced modestly, while US equities registered losses.
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Financial markets ended the week in a mixed tone. In Europe, most stock indices advanced modestly, while US equities registered losses.
In a low-trading session (U.S. markets were closed for the Thanksgiving holiday), European stocks edged lower and EM equities exhibited a mixed performance.
Yesterday, stocks steadied after the previous days' sell-off and the main benchmarks rose across advanced and emerging economies.
A risk-off mood drove yesterday's session and stock markets suffered across advanced and emerging economies.
Pessimism about a breakthrough in trade tensions drove global stocks down in the first session of the week. In the U.S., losses were exacerbated by weakness in the technology sector and the major indices were down by more than 1.5%.
Stocks ended the week with a mixed session in the U.S. and moderate losses in the euro area.
Political uncertainty in Europe got most of the financial market participant's attention.
Yesterday, the UK and the EU reached a provisional agreement on the Brexit Withdrawal deal, which still needs to be approved by the legislative powers in both regions.
Global financial markets started the week in a negative tone and losses were especially pronounced in US equities (the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq decreased by 2.0% and 2.8% respectively).