Monthly index news

After the worst October returns since the global financial crisis broke out in 2008, global equity markets rebounded mildly in November, helped by a rally in the last three sessions of the month.

After three months of calm markets, volatility returned with a vengeance in October.

US and European stocks posted modest gains in September, helping the STOXX® Global 1800 Index wrap up its best calendar quarter this year. Japanese shares recorded their strongest month in 11, reportedly amid foreign investors’ inflows.

Regional allocation is turning out to be this year’s defining variable, as US stocks continued their march into all-time highs in August while Europe and emerging markets stumbled.

Global equity indices rose by the most in six months in July, as buoyant economic and corporate data helped turn investors’ focus away from fears of a trade war.

Global equity indices fell in June after the US escalated a confrontation with partners around trade tariffs.

Investors remained on edge in May, even as an ongoing economic expansion helped the STOXX® Global 1800 Index post a 0.4% gain, when measured in US dollars, for the month.

Stocks rebounded in April, paring more than half of the losses from the previous two months, amid stronger-than-expected economic and earnings data, and an easing of geopolitical tensions.

If February marked the return of market volatility, March cemented it. Investors were confronted with a string of political and corporate developments over the month that hurt confidence in the economic expansion.

Following 15 months of uninterrupted gains in global stocks, volatility made a comeback in February, whiplashing investors accustomed to a long stretch of solid and stable returns.