Risk aversion remains the predominant sentiment in the markets, supporting safe havens and affecting risk-related assets. This dynamic is well illustrated by the performance of the euro against the Swiss franc. Following President Trump’s statements yesterday, threatening to withdraw from phase one of the trade agreement with China, the franc reached 1.05038 against the single currency, the highest value in 5 years.
The apprehension around a possible second wave of the coronavirus was already calming the spirits of investors, who, however, had found reasons to be optimistic in partially lifting the blockade in Europe and America; these fears are now compounded by Donald Trump’s latest aggressive tirade toward China, with the markets stating that, in the face of the worst economic contraction since World War II, the reignition of trade tensions between the United States and China is the last thing the world economy needs.