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Banks and the Stock Exchange are trying to rebound

Positive indices after yesterday's declines – Banks doing well in Piazza Affari – Carige shines, Autogrill and World Duty Free collapse – Euro at new highs since November 2011 against the dollar – Positive indications from the Spanish labor market and from the manufacturing PMIs of China and Eurozone, consumer confidence in Italy hurts.

Banks and the Stock Exchange are trying to rebound

Shy attempt at a rebound by European stock exchanges after yesterday's declines. By mid-morning everyone the main European lists they travel in slightly positive territory, supported by the data arriving from the industry of China e of the Eurozone: Milan rises by 0,4%, Frankfurt +0,5%, London +0,3%, Paris +0,1%. Closing slightly higher for the Tokyo Stock Exchange. The Nikkei index at the end of trading gained 0,42% to 14.486,41 points, 60,36 points more than yesterday.

New strengthening ofeuro which this morning went as high as 1,3821 against the US dollar, on new highs since November 2011.

On the macro front, good indications from Spain, where in the third quarter the rate of unemployment it fell just below the 26% threshold (to 25,98%), from 26,3% in the previous quarter. The consensus was for a less marked decline, at 26,1%. In Italy, however, the Italian index on consumer confidence in October it fell to 97,3, from 100,8 in September. The market was expecting a figure of 100,6 points.

In Piazza Affari they bounce bank stocks: Banca Pop Emilia Romagna +2,86, Ubi +2,47, Banco Popolare +2%, Intesa +0,6%, Unicredit +1,3%. On shields Banca Carige (+3,5%), after the document approved yesterday by the Foundation which put pen to paper the hypothetical drop in the institute's capital from the current 46,6% to 45,1% by the end of the year and to 43,1% % by the end of 2014.

At the bottom of the list Rest (-6,5%) And World Duty Free (-6%), after Benetton – through its subsidiary Schematrentaquattro – decided to sell respectively 9,18 and 9,15 of the two companies

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