Equities, bonds, currencies and commodities: quarterly reviews of what moved and why.
European shares set records in August and gave them back in September as bond yields jumped and oil prices surged. Europe lagged the United States, French assets were the weak spot and defence stocks rose. The quarter in figures, from the index providers and central banks.
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