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Turmoil in oil markets triggered a fresh bout of risk aversion in yesterday's session.

In a day of chaos in oil markets, weak global demand and rapidly filling storage led to a slump in oil prices.

Markets ended the week on an upbeat note as investors saw advanced economies being past the peak of new coronavirus deaths and focused on the release of government guidelines for easing lockdown measures.

In yesterday’s session, investors traded cautiously amid more recession-like data releases.

Financial markets experienced yesterday another risk-off session in which stock indices declined across the board and yields on safe sovereign bonds edged down.

In yesterday’s session, risk sentiment improved as investors showed lower pessimism over the outlook of the covid-19 pandemic.

Last Thursday, investors traded with moderate optimism amid the announcement of new policy measures.

U.S. stocks climbed on optimism for another round of stimulus while euro area stocks were mixed after EU finance ministers failed to agree on an economic package to respond to the pandemic

Market sentiment continued to recover amid investor hopes that the coronavirus outbreak might be decelerating.

In the first session of the week, investor sentiment found support on signs of decelerating COVID-19 infections and deaths in the major European economies.

On Friday, global stocks declined amid economic releases showing the impact of the COVID-19.

In yesterday's session, investors’ risk appetite rose moderately despite the release of recession-like economic data.