Markets broadly continued their upward trend in April, extending the rally witnessed since the bottom in mid-February. The rises were much less dramatic than in March, however, and markets more mixed.
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The recovery in markets, which started in February, continued into March and by month end many equity markets had recovered much of the ground lost in the big sell-off at the start of the year. A rally of 12.6% in the MSCI World index from the February lows to the end of March left the year-to-date return at -0.3%.
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The market weakness seen in January continued into February with high levels of uncertainty and fear, notably affecting the financial sector and in particular European bank shares. More