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In yesterday’s session, investors traded with a focus on geopolitical developments ahead of the ceasefire deadline set by President Trump. Markets opened with a risk-off tone but pared losses as the session progressed, particularly in the US, and energy prices rose. An agreement was ultimately reached shortly after midnight CET.

Yesterday's session was a quiet one, with investors assessing mixed signals of the progress toward a ceasefire agreement in the Middle East conflict, while US President Trump threatened of increasing the strikes would the Strait of Ormuz not reopen before noon today. Brent crude prices closed near $110/barrel after a choppy trading session.

Investors continued to readjust their expectations about the future pace of monetary policy tightening, after data showed real GDP fell by 0.2% q/q in the US in Q2, the second consecutive quarterly decline.

A shocking inflation release in the US centered the stage yesterday in financial markets. Headline CPI rose in June by 9.1% y/y and 1.3 m/m, reinforcing the Federal Reserve intention to raise rates by 75bp again at its July meeting. Additionally, investors have started to price in a 100bp hike, in line with yesterday's decision of the Bank of Canada.

Wednesday's session had a more mixed tone compared to Tuesday's broad selloff, with U.S. equities staging a partial recovery. European equities, however, remained under pressure, weighed down by higher sovereign yields. In FX markets, the yen strengthened against the dollar amid hawkish BoJ speak, while the euro remained roughly stable.

In the last session of the week, financial markets exhibited a positive tone on the back of better-than-expected housing data in the U.S. and continued optimism on easing trade tensions.

In yesterday's session, investors traded cautiously amid mixed economic data releases. In the US, the services ISM declined from 53.4 to 52.6 in February, with the prices paid subcomponent declining from 64.0 to 58.6,. easing analysts' concerns of a further spike in inflationary pressures.

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.

The possible end of the central banks’ hiking cycle continued to weigh on financial markets’ sentiment yesterday. A list of FOMC members said yesterday that the US economy remains strong but expressed a generalized preference for remaining patient amid rising uncertainty in the coming months.

Financial markets ended the week with mixed results, balancing the positive tone from the corporate results for the Q3 earning season with disappointing survey economic data in Europe.

Renewed U.S.-Iran strikes weighed on investor sentiment and led to a volatile session. Energy prices rose, with Brent oil and TTF gas around $90 and €70, respectively. Stock markets declined across the board and the USD weakened against a basket of major currencies, with the euro strengthening moderately above $1.16.

In yesterday's session, investors traded with a cautious mood as they weighed positive economic releases (UK factories' sentiment improved according to a survey and U.S. home sales rose close to a two-year high) against the resignation of Italy's M5S head Luigi Di Maio and the economic impact of the Chinese coronavirus outbreak.

Financial markets started the week with a slight risk-averse tone as investors await inflation data, to be released later this week, that will be key in determining interest rates’ future path. Sovereign bond yields rose across the board, while equity indices edged lower in the US and the euro area.

During Friday’s session, markets traded with a slightly higher risk appetite to end a week without any major economic data releases. Sovereign bond yields fell across the board, most notably on the longer ends of the curves, while the main equity indices advanced slightly.

Risk sentiment deteriorated sharply into the end of the week, as escalating tensions in the Middle East weighed on markets. Brent crude rose to USD 112/bbl while global equities sold off, led by US indices, with the Nasdaq now down around 10% from its recent peak.

Risk aversion continued to set the tone across financial markets on Tuesday as investors took position ahead of the Federal Reserve’s policy meeting today, with money markets pricing another 75 bp hike in the policy rate.

Market sentiment steadied in the second session of the week. Volatility eased and global stocks (with the exception of Asia) recovered some of the ground lost on Monday.

Optimism about the economic recovery favored a rotation into cyclical equities as investors digested the U.S. Senate's approval of Biden's $1.9tn fiscal package. European stocks rose across the board while tech-related stocks sold off and weighed on the U.S.' Nasdaq and S&P 500 benchmarks.

Investors traded yesterday with a risk-on mood, despite the continuing tensions between China and the US, fueled by the gradual reopening of economies and amid optimism on the economic recovery.

Financial markets ended the week with another risk-off session as investors continued to consider the potential damage that coronavirus may have on the economy.