Shares were mixed over the last week with US shares up 0.7%, Japanese shares up 2.8% and Australian shares up 0.4% helped along by continuing reaction to the...

Shares were mixed over the last week with US shares up 0.7%, Japanese shares up 2.8% and Australian shares up 0.4% helped along by continuing reaction to the increased stimulus in Japan, good profit results in the US, the Republican win in the US Congress and very dovish comments from the European Central Bank (ECB), although European shares fell 1.1% and Chinese shares fell 0.1%. Bond yields were little changed. Read the full weekly market wrap here: (VIEW LINK)