The day in Piazza Affari begins with swings. After opening in slightly positive territory and then falling to -0,8%, the Milan Stock Exchange it returned to just above parity about an hour after opening (+0,22%). However, the other main European lists remain in red: Frankfurt (-0,5%), Paris (unchanged), London (-0,2%).
The selling comes on the back of yesterday's fresh plunge in crude oil and heavy closings Wall Street (Dow Jones -1,8%) and Tokyo (Nikkei -3,1%).
On the Ftse Mib, sales are once again concentrated on bank stocks. The most targeted, as always in recent weeks, is that of Ps, which scores -4% after an initial suspension in the volatility auction at -6%.
Bad too bpm (-2,4%) And Banco Popolare (-3%) in view of the very probable merger.
In Milan, sales are also impressive fca, which however recovers ground after a suspension at -5,38%, and on Saipem rights, which drop 7% (while the shares show -1,2%).
Ferrari, which collapsed yesterday after the debt accounts and data, rose by 0,1%. Among the few positive signs, Luxottica (+0,65%) after the recent declines in the wake of the turnaround at the top e Mediaset (+ 1,75%).
On the foreign exchange market, the euro it changes hands at 1,091 dollars (from 1,0898 yesterday) and 130,828 yen (131,17 yen), while the dollar/yen ratio is at 119,88 (120, 39).
Finally, the price of the Petroleum: March WTI futures recovered the $30 threshold to $30,05 a barrel, up 0,57%.
