Last week saw steady gains among the majority of Finextra50 stocks as the index rose 1.87% to 101.67. The recovery of European markets after the previous week's drop contributed to the rise. Simcorp, Temenos and Cognizant saw the biggest gains while shares in Microgen and Fidessa fell. Comparison of the Finextra50 index performance since the start of May against key global indices shows the financial technology sector outperforming the S&P1200 Global Financial Sector index and matching the FTSE 100 and FTSE Euro 100.