Equity markets continued to rally higher last week despite a sustained back-up in interest rates as Federal Reserve members have increased calls for a more aggressive pace of tightening.

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U.S. equities rallied sharply higher last week as market participants gauged the progress of ongoing ceasefire talks between Russia and Ukraine and commodity prices cooled off from their recent upward surge.

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The Russia-Ukraine conflict paired with an inflation reading of 7.9% led to a selloff in the equity markets last week with the NASDAQ down 3.53%, the S&P 500 down 2.88%, and the Dow Jones Industrial Index down 1.99%. The Federal Reserve meets this Wednesday, with traders nearly certain that a 25-bps rate hike will be announced.