The Swiss market ended slightly up on Friday after stocks turned in a mixed performance in largely cautious moves by investors. The benchmark SMI, which advanced to 13,304.96 early on in the session, gaining nearly 100 points in the process, ended the day with a small gain of 7.21 points or 0.05% at 13,220.17.Sonova, the top gainer in the benchmark index, closed 2.64% up. Swiss Re, Alcon and Nestl...
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Market Analysis
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.