Financial Markets Daily Report

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Financial markets ended the week on a mixed tone.

Stock markets rallied in advanced economies (with the exception of Italy, where the MIB index fell by -1.8%) on the back of possible talks between Chinese and US representatives to contain trade disputes

Financial markets exhibited a pessimistic mood as stock markets suffered a broad decline across advanced and emerging economies.

During the first day of the week, global stock marketsregistered more moderated losses than on Friday.

The Turkish lira plummeted on Friday and reached almost 7 lira per dollars as tensions intensified with the U.S. following the imposition of sanctions

Stock markets in advanced economies closed the trading session with no major changes.

Geopolitical events (the diplomatictensions between Canada and Saudi Arabia and the impositions of sanctions to Russia from the U.S.) had a muted effect on advancedeconomies' stock markets. In Europe, the mainstock indices experienced moderate losses, except in Portugal and in the U.K., while the S&P 500 remained unchanged. Instead, trade tensions between China and the U.S. weighted on Chinese equity indices.

Stock markets in advanced economies experienced gains across all trading floors in a very quiet session.

Global stock markets were mixed in a session where the S&P 500 advanced 0.4%, driven by good news in the earnings season, and the main European indices remained broadly flat.

Stock markets in advanced economies registered moderate and broad-based gains, except for the Portuguese PSI 20 that declined 0.3%

U.S. stock markets performed positively following news of the earnings’ season and the S&P 500 gained 0.5%.

Amid an increase in trade tensions between China and U.S., stock markets in advanced economies performed poorly and the main European indices registered losses, except for the Portuguese PSI 20 which edged up by 0.3%.