Concerns about trade tensions and global growth crept back into markets in the last session of the week.
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Financial markets remained in a cautious mood as the tariff increase truce approaches its end (currently set to end on March 1st) and investors awaited for the last Fed and ECB's meeting minutes.
While analysts await for the U.S. and China trade talks to resume next week, financial markets received the last Fed's meeting minutes without big movements.
Financial markets started the week in a positive mood after U.S. President Donald Trump postponed the date for increasing tariffs on Chinese imports.
Financial markets were relatively quiet as investors waited for the Fed Chairman's testimony to the Senate.
Stocks drifted lower after the top U.S. trade negotiator pushed back expectations for a deal that addresses the underlying trade tensions with China.
In the last session of the week, volatility in financial markets remained at very low levels and gains in advanced economies' stock indices were broad-based.
Investors operated in a cautious mood as they await for concrete news on the US - China trade negotiations and tomorrow's ECB press conference.
In yesterday's session, financial markets awaited cautiously for the ECB monetary policy statement and Draghi's press conference, where the ECB President explained that growth projections for this year were revised 0.6 pp downwards to 1.1%.
Markets set off on a positive mood as they started to recover from last week's losses and stocks rose across the board.
European stocks rose across the board as investors started the session in a positive mood.
Stocks were mixed and sovereign yields remained subdued as investors digested the outcome of Wednesday's Fed monetary policy meeting (see our take on the Fed's latest announcements here).
Investor's sentiment reflected again concerns on global growth as the ECB President, Mario Draghi, warned that risks to growth were on the rise.
Markets exhibited a positive performance after the release of better-than-expected sentiment indicators in the euro area.
Investor's sentiment turned slightly pessimistic in yesterday's session as concerns on global growth and trade tensions between the U.S. and the EU reemerged. In this context, stock indices decreased in most advanced economies and yields on sovereign bonds edged down.
The ECB reiterated that the slowdown in growth is driven mainly by global headwinds and temporary factors.
Investor's sentiment improved on Thursday on the back of positive economic data in the U.S. (jobless claims decreased to a 49-year minimum).
Investors ended the week in a positive note on the back of improving economic indicators in China.
Europeanand Asian stocks advanced on the back of positive growth figures in China (see our assessment here) while U.S. stocks closed with a modest decline due to the release of mixed earnings results.
Markets ended the week in a positive mood and stocks advanced moderately across the board.