Stocks fell across the board in the last session of the week.
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Stock indices in advanced economies tumbled as the Donald Trump administration put the Chinese telecom Huawei in the blacklist that could forbid it from doing business with U.S. companies.
Investor sentiment improved mildly as news coming from the trade tensions between the U.S. and China were slightly conciliatory.
In yesterday's session, investors focused on brexit news, the release of the last Fed meeting minutes and trade tensions between the U.S. and China.
In yesterday's session a risk-off mood dominated investor sentiment. Stock indices declined across the globe and the price of safe assets (such as U.S. Treasuries, Japanese yen, Swiss franc and gold) rose.
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.
Escalating tensions between the U.S. and China led to higher financial volatility and a shift from risky assets to safe bonds in yesterday's session.
U.S.-China trade tensions (most recently, China's threat to restrict exports of rare earths, as pointed in yesterday's comment).
Investors started the week with fresh optimism as the EU and the UK are set to continue negotiating to reach a deal before the transition period ends by December 31st.
Yesterday's trading session was dominated by news that Democratic congressional leaders in the US expressed support for a $908bn additional stimulus plan proposed by a bipartisan group of US senators. The US Treasury yield curve steepened, with the difference between yields on 10-year bonds and 2-year bonds reaching a 3-year high.
Yesterday's trading session was dominated by news that Pfizer had halved the amount of Covid-19 vaccines that it hoped to distribute in 2021 due to supply chain issues, which provoked a late-afternoon sell-off in the S&P 500 which closed 0.1% lower on the day.
Investors ended the week in a favorable mood and stocks rose across the board on Friday. U.S. stocks also closed higher despite signals that the labor market is losing steam (non-farm payrolls increased by 245k in November vs 610k in October) as investors focused on prospects of a new fiscal package.
Investors traded in a mixed mood in the first two sessions of the week. EM stocks were mixed and European equities nudged down, while U.S. stocks continued to advance on the back of health equities (the FDA signaled it will give the go-ahead to the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine soon) and on greater hopes for a new fiscal package.
Markets ended mixed after a more cautious session. Volatility nudged up and European and EM stocks were mixed, while weakness in some technology shares dragged down U.S. stocks.
Investors continued to trade cautiously in yesterday's session as EU policymakers relaunched Europe's economic stimulus and amid signals that U.S. activity is losing steam (initial unemployment claims jumped to a 3-month high). Stock markets were mixed, the USD weakened and sovereign yields were little changed.
In the last session of the week, investor sentiment worsened as uncertainty over the fiscal stimulus in the US rose and the EU-UK trade negotiations seemed to be heading towards a no-deal brexit.
Investors traded cautiously in yesterday's session. European stocks rebounded from Monday's sell-off while most other benchmarks were mixed.
A new variant of the coronavirus in the U.K. triggered a global sell-off yesterday. The new variant, which is said to be up to 70% more infectious, sent stocks lower across the world.
Markets ended the week with a volatile 'quadruple witching' session (index and single stock options and futures expired simultaneously).