Equity markets cling to trade deal hopes despite dark undertones
Hang Seng down 4.7% for the week after surge of violence in Hong Kong
15 November 2019 - 16:48
London — Hopes of a US-China trade deal turned world stock markets and other risk assets higher on Friday, though an escalating wave of global protests from Hong Kong to Chile left some deep scars.
Europe’s main bourses and Wall Street futures followed Asia higher after White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow said on Thursday that the US and China are nearing a deal and talking every day...
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