Frankfurt and London do not surprise the markets: the European Central Bank and the Bank of England left interest rates at 0,75% and 0,5% respectively. In both cases, it is an all-time low.
For the ECB this is the sixth consecutive confirmation after the 0,25% cut that arrived last July. Today's decision, communicated at the end of the Governing Council which took place in the institutional headquarters in Frankfurt, is in line with analysts' expectations.
La Central Bank of Englandhe also announced that he has not taken any decision on further purchases of British government bonds.
Immediately after the communications arrived from the two central institutes, the European stock exchanges they all move around parity. The best performance is that of Piazza Affari, which at the beginning of the afternoon gains 0,8%, followed by Frankfurt (+0,27%), London (+0,15%) and Paris (-0,12% ).
