Francesco Gaetano Caltagirone has left the vice presidency and the board of directors of Bmp to devote himself to his position in Generali. The news had already spread in the afternoon but was made official after the markets were closed. “The Board of Directors of Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena acknowledged, in today's session, the will of Cav. Work Francesco Gaetano Caltagirone to resign from the position of Director as well as Deputy Chairman of the same Board. - reports the note - The Knight highlighted in his letter of resignation that, in the light of an interpretation of art. 36 of Law no. 214/2011, he decided to opt for the position of Deputy Chairman of Assicurazioni Generali SpA”. Caltagirone has also already dropped its share capital from 4,7% to 2%.
The title Ps runs together with the rest of the banking sector and rises by 5,18%. They also fly bpm +5,11% and Where's Banca +5,14% while the reform of cooperative banks is on the political agenda. Driven by the banks, Piazza Affari rises by 1,71%. It goes down too spread which travels at 431 points but which during the day reached 411 points, bringing the yield below 8% for the first time since 6 December. While the euro strengthens above 1,31 against the dollar.
Today the Treasury has placed all 4,5 billion on the market new Ctz maturing in January 2014 with a yield of 3,763%, a clear decrease from the previous 4,853%: the demand was 1,71 times the offer. Via XX Settembre also sold all 500 million euros of Btp maturing in September 2014 indexed to euro area inflation at a rate of 3,2%. Always keeping an eye on the evolution of the Greek crisis.
Ad Athens resumed negotiations with private creditors which Angela Merkel deems well underway and capable of giving rise to the second aid programme. But it's the Portugal which instead enters the center of the storm with the 15-year yield reaching 1365% and with CDS at a record XNUMX points.
However, the breath of fresh air for the markets also comes from Fed message which envisages interest rates at or near zero until December 2014 and a possible third quantitative easing. The Dax rises by 1,84%, the Cac of 1,53%, the Ftse 100 by 1,26%. On Wall Street the Dow Jones is up 0,28% while the Nasdaq yields 0,14%.
Contrasting but mostly negative i Use macro data: the super-index of the economy grew in December by 0,4% against expectations of +0,8%, thus disappointing expectations, the New home sales in December climbed 307.000, down compared to November (314.000 units and against expectations for 320.000 units. On the other hand, good data was released on orders for durable goods which marked a monthly increase of 3% in December, higher than the estimate of +2%.
Sul Ftse Eb in light too A2A +3,78% engaged in the reorganization of Edipower, which General Manager Ravanelli confirmed today is going ahead. The only title down on the basket is Lottomatica -1,41%. Also in the light Fondiaria–Sai +2,43% and Unipol +3,28% who are preparing for a board weekend in view of the integration project against which however the small savers.
