08 agost 2019
Stock markets rose mildly in most trading floors while yields on sovereign bonds edged up in the US and declined in the euro area (the German Bund reached a new minimum yielding -0.58%).
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07 agost 2019
After the risk-off session of Monday, triggered by the depreciation of the Chinese yuan above the 7 yuans per US dollar threshold, financial markets' volatility moderated and stock indices edged down in Europe and rose in the US.
06 agost 2019
Financial markets buckled on Monday after China let its yuan weaken below 7 to the dollar, an 11 year low, adding to broad risk aversion on concerns about the escalation of the US – China trade tensions.
05 agost 2019
Escalating trade tensions between the US and China worsened investor sentiment and motivated safe-haven flows in the last session of the week.
02 agost 2019
Trade concerns returned to financial markets' center stage as Donald Trump announced that the US will impose 10% tariffs on the remaining $300 billion Chinese imports, starting on September 1st.
01 agost 2019
Yesterday, Fed's 25 bp interest rate cut and the economic releases in Europe took center stage.
31 juliol 2019
Stock markets decreased across the globe as investors perceived that trade talks between the US and China made very little progress.
30 juliol 2019
In the first session of the week, investors traded cautiously as they await for the Federal Reserve monetary policy decision on Wednesday and for news on the trade talks.
29 juliol 2019
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.
26 juliol 2019
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.