Investors traded cautiously in a session in which U.S. stocks advanced moderately as roughly stable inflation figures support the Fed's patient approach to monetary policy.

In the first session of the week, investors operated with caution as they continued to digest the Fed's dovish message and the implications for the economic outlook of an inverted yield curve.

After a strong start of the week, financial markets steadied in yesterday's session. European stocks advanced moderately on the back of carmakers while U.S. stocks finished with small gains after being lower for most of the session.

Market sentiment remained positive amid upbeat messages on the trade talks and global stocks advanced moderately.

The ECB reiterated that the slowdown in growth is driven mainly by global headwinds and temporary factors.

Markets started the week in a moderately positive note and sentiment pushed European stocks mildly upwards.

Benoît Cœuré, member of the executive Board of the ECB, said yesterday in an interview that he is not favorable of tiering the central bank negative interest rates.

Markets ended the week in a positive mood and stocks advanced moderately across the board.

Investor sentiment deteriorated after a Donald Trump tweet revived the trade tensions between the U.S. and China.

Markets closed a volatile week on a relatively quiet note. Stocks rose moderately across advanced and emerging economies and U.S. and German sovereign yields were stable around their year-lows.

With U.S. markets closed for the Memorial Day holiday, European stocks advanced moderately at the start of the week as investors digested the results of the weekend's European Parliament election.

Markets traded in a cautious mood in yesterday's session and advanced-economy stocks advanced moderately.

Markets ended the week on a cautious note after a strong U.S. labor market report made investors hesitant about whether the Fed will cut rates in its July meeting.

Investors started the week on a prudent note as they reassessed expectations of a Fed rate cut in the light of recent strong U.S. labor market data.

In U.S. markets, stocks advanced and sovereign yields declined for short-maturity treasuries (the U.S. sovereign curve steepened) as messages from the U.S. Federal Reserve made investors confident that the Fed will cut rates soon.

Investor sentiment worsened slightly in a context of persisting trade tensions and mixed corporate earnings releases.

The main drivers of yesterday's session were corporate earnings releases and weak economic sentiment data in Europe.

In yesterday session, stock indices declined in the US, after several weak Q2 corporate results, and in Europe, after Draghi missed market expectations since they expected a more dovish press conference.

In the last session of the week, stock indices rose in the US and core euro area following positive corporate results and the better-than-expected GDP growth figures in the US.

Yesterday, Fed's 25 bp interest rate cut and the economic releases in Europe took center stage.