High Frequency Monitor: Sentiment uptick

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High Frequency Monitor: Sentiment uptick

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Sentiment uptick

Global equities gained as risk-on sentiment returned 15 June 2026

Global equity markets gained (+0.6%) last week as geopolitical risks eased and oil prices Quant Strategy

fell, offsetting mixed inflation data. Last week, the best performing region was Europe Global

(+1.9%), while Japan (-1.6%) fell the most. Among global sectors, Semis (+4.8%),

Consumer Staples (+2.8%) and Banks (+2.7%) were the best performers. Among styles,

Risk outperformed the MSCI AC World Index by 2.6%. Global equity market performance

was also supported by a higher Global News Pulse (47% to 50%), the Global Earnings

Revision Ratio which is high and unchanged last week (0.99), and improvements in our Nigel Tupper >>

Quant Strategist

short-term Tactical indicators as sentiment strengthened. Merrill Lynch (Australia)

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Themes: AI Compute, Data Centre and Photonics strongest nigel.tupper@bofa.com Amar Vashi >>

Among the global investment themes we monitor, combination of earnings, price and Quant Strategist

news momentum is strongest for AI Compute, Data Centre & Infrastructure, Photonics Merrill Lynch (Australia) amar.vashi@bofa.com

and Gold, but is weakest for Consulting, SaaS and Luxury Lifestyle. Last week, AI Sumuhan Shanmugalingam >>

Compute (+7.3%) performed best, and Luxury Lifestyle (+3.8%) continued to improve. Quant Strategist

Merrill Lynch (Australia)

Positive Triple Momentum: Tech Hardware, Semis, Energy sumuhan.shanmugalingam@bofa.com

By global sector, Triple Momentum remains strongest for Tech Hardware, Semis, and

Energy. Among large and liquid stocks globally (min $20bn market cap and $20mn