Introduction The unprecedented and quick changes occurring in the global financial markets can have significant implications for businesses, particularly on apt data collection and public policy positions. Since transnational capital movements, developments and policies in other nations increasingly impact domestic economic output. It is prudent to have systemic structures to help in gathering and reviewing such business information, which can influence organisational performance. However, the unparalleled changes taking place in the international financial markets compound the challenges in acquiring up-to-date data (The Editorial Board, 2021). As a consequence, senior managers, such as those in the rank of a Finance Director in big banks, need an accurate and latest global financial environment. Happenings in the World Stock Markets between 22 February 2021 and 28 February 2021 Despite the continued threat from the current pandemic, the international markets have responded effectively by posting positive movements. Throughout the week, the world stock markets were up on a strong note with substantial advantage posted in the UK, Asia, and the United States. Numerous recent positive improvements and news bolstered investment desires as evident in market reactions (The Editorial Board, 2021). The markets were also motivated by remarks from some central banks globally on the need for economic resiliency, indicating continuance accommodative monetary policies. In the UK, the markets had mixed responses across the week with some companies recording significant stock margins while others dropped to nearly four months low. For example, on 26th February 2021, the FTSE 100 index dropped 168 points, representing about 2.5 decline – the largest single-day decrease in proportion terms since October 2020 (Kollewe and Wearden, 2021). Mining stock, property firms, and energy companies were among the worst-performing industries in the UK (Kollewe and Wearden, 2021). The sectors would be immensely affected if the central bankers began shifting from reduced interest rates and constricted policy to battling inflation (Kollewe and Wearden, 2021). Compared with the regional performance, the UK stock bazaar suffered the biggest losses in Europe. The United States market was bolstered by the economic stimulus relief bill. The performance in the market was immensely indicated by an average advancement of about 1.5 per cent by the Dow Jones industrial (Kollewe and Wearden, 2021). The S&P pushed averagely 90 points higher, representing 2.4 per cent while NASDAQ closed the trading higher with about 0.56 per cent (Kollewe and Wearden, 2021). Moreover, less than 40 stocks from the S&P 500 recorded losses on 26th February 2021, the closing trading session of the month. At the big displaying board, advancers outstripped decliners by a ratio of four-to-one. The high-growth big tech companies also outperformed as their rates stabilised with Apple popping at about 5.4 per cent and Tesla rising by 6.4 per cent (Kollewe and Wearden, 2021). Financials and energy, which are common cyclical plays, increased substantially amid prevailing optimism on vaccines usage. In the rest of Europe, the stock market was almost akin to the situation witnessed in the U.K. For instance, France’s CAC slid by