The Switzerland market shrugged off a mild mid-morning setback and moved higher on Tuesday to eventually end the day's session on a firm note.Investors digested a batch of earnings updates from Swiss companies and looked ahead to some key global economic data, and policy announcements from the Federal Reserve, the Bank of England and the Bank of Japan.The benchmark SMI ended with a gain of 67.12 p...
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May 15, 2026 15:25 ET Apart from the confirmation of Kevin Warsh as the next Fed chair, the main news on the economics front this week included key price data from the U.S. and the first quarter economic growth figures from major economies. Both consumer prices and producer costs have started to reflect the effect of supply shocks due to the Middle East conflict. In Europe, GDP data was in focus, while inflation data from China dominated the news flow in Asia.