Latest Irish Life weekly markets update

Key talking points include:

• Global markets rebounded from a setback the previous week amid dovish comments from Fed officials and better-than-expected quarterly results from US financials.
• Stocks’ weekly gains didn’t come easily, as anxieties over trade policy and regional bank lending risks produced sizable but fleeting market swings.
• The S&P 500 rose by 1.7% (MTD -0.7%, YTD 13.3%) while the Euro Stoxx 600 rose by 0.4% (MTD 0.3%, YTD 11.6%).
• This week, despite the US Government shutdown, we will still get inflation data released on Friday and other than that, the main focus of markets will be on US quarterly earnings reports which continue apace.