Last week, the dynamics of the leading trading platforms across the world was determined by the expectations of the European Central Bank (ECB) decision to launch the quantitative easing (QE) program.

ECB President Mario Draghi made public this decision on Thursday, 22 January. Markets expected that the volume of securities purchase would total EUR 50 billion per month. Nevertheless, the final decision exceeded expectations of the market: Mr. Draghi announced the intention to inject EUR 60 billion on a monthly basis into the euro-area economy until the end of 2016.

Financial markets survey 26.01.2015