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Trade optimism as US -Sino trade talks continue and hopes that a second US government shutdown will be avoided, have boosted sentiment across the globe on Tuesday.

Trade talks look dicier as the global economy stalls.

The FTSE flirted with 7000 whilst outpacing its European peers on Friday, thanks to progress in US – Sino trade talks and a weaker pound.

Whilst the NFP was set up to be the biggest event of the week, it is safe to say the Fed stole its thunder. The Fed’s dramatic U-turn on Wednesday could now overshadow often most highly anticipated data release of the month.

The FTSE found some renewed vigour Thursday, as did Wall Street last night, after the Fed surprised markets with a much softer tone on interest rate hikes for this year. In contrast to plans laid out only six weeks ago the central bank signaled that it may not raise rates any time soon while it monitors a slowdown not only in domestic economic growt...

European bourses broadly moved higher on Wednesday. Markets breathed a sigh of relief over Apple’s results and encouraging China related news, which overshadowed rekindled Brexit nerves.

The FTSE is trading higher after another turbulent Brexit night when MPs voted against extending the deadline for Britain’s exit from the EU and broadly supported Prime Minister Theresa May’s Brexit Plan B.

European gauges took their cue from Asia and from US tech stocks to start the last trading day of the week on a higher note.

Stock markets are shrugging off flak that would have buried rallies just weeks ago.

Brexit is a truck stop away, but what will happen afterwards?

Whilst trade optimism boosted Asian markets overnight, the good spirits failed to lift European bourses across the session.

The markets kicked off with a healthy dose of optimism over US – Sino trade talks and the end of the US government shutdown. Improved sentiment saw global indices charge higher, rebounding from yesterday’s selloff.