During the previous week, the US stock markets were registering multidirectional dynamics. By the end of the previous week, key stock indices demonstrated serious growth thanks to strong corporate reports, as well as preliminary data on the US GDP growth, which were published during the previous week. Over Q1`2018, the US economy grew 2.3% in annual terms. This growth turned out to be slower compared to the fourth quarter of the previous year (2.9%), but faster than the markets forecast (2.0%)  

Financial markets survey 02.05.2018