In the last session of the week, equity markets edged modestly higher, despite lingering doubts over the return on Big Tech investment in AI and questions around the robustness of corporate fundamentals, set against a backdrop of generally supportive macroeconomic data.
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Major stock markets recorded another session of declines, driven by concerns over the potentially disruptive impact of AI across multiple sectors, as investors await Q4 2025 corporate earnings releases.
US inflation surprised slightly to the downside, with headline CPI easing to 2.4% yoy (vs. 2.5% expected), down from 2.7% in December. The softer reading boosted expectations of further Fed easing, with money markets now pricing a 50% probability of a third 25bp rate cut in 2026. US Treasury yields declined by around 5bp across the curve.
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.
El Banco de Japón anuncia cambios en su estrategia monetaria.
Stock markets posted gains across Europe and the US, while sovereign yields moved in opposite directions as they recorded mild declines in the eurozone and moderate increases in the US.
Investors took stock after the significant gains of the last sessions and stocks advanced moderately.
US stocks closed flat while European stocks declined and sovereign yields retraced moderately.
Stock markets were mixed, with moderate advances in the US and small losses in Europe.
Stock markets diverged on both sides of the Atlantic as they posted moderate gains in the U.S. (S&P 500 flat, Nasdaq and Dow Jones on positive) but experienced widespread declines in Europe.
European stock markets were mixed as they recorded moderate losses in Germany and France, remained stable in Spain and advanced in Portugal.
Stock markets continued to rise in developed countries with increases around 1% amid optimism on corporate earnings.
As expected, the Governing Council of the ECB did not introduce changes in its monetary policy stance and maintained its pledge to move slowly in removing stimulus, repeating that interest rates are expected to remain at present levels until well past the end of net asset purchases.
Volatility surged and global stock sell-off deepened yesterday with declines around 4% in the U.S. stock markets while in Europe decreases were more moderate. In sovereign bond markets, increased appetite for safe assets resulted into significant decreases in yields.
Global stock markets were mixed yesterday and investors continued to adopt a cautious stance as they are still evaluating the outlook for central bank policy normalization and the impact it could have on interest rates.
U.S. stocks rallied at the end of the week while European stocks posted moderate gains.
Stock markets declined in the U.S. while experiencing more moderate losses in Europe.
Stock markets were mixed throughout the session and closed with moderate losses both in the U.S. and Europe.
Most of the global stock markets indices registered gains on Thursday even if increases were more moderate in Europe.
In the last session of the week, U.S. stock markets nudged down after European stocks had closed the session with moderate gains.