Stock exchanges almost flat and then turned negative, at the start of a new short week, dedicated more to balance sheets than to new initiatives.
In Milan, the FtseMib index falls by 0,2%, the Paris and Frankfurt indices by 0,4% and 0,1%. The City of London is closed for public holidays.
The euro/dollar exchange rate moved little at 1,098, from 1,096 at the previous close.
On the government bond market, the 10-year BTP is traded at a yield of 1,62%, substantially unchanged.
Crude oil prices fell towards $37 a barrel, close to an 71-year low, weighed down by concerns about overproduction. Derivatives on US crude oil are trading above Brent prices: at midday, Brent futures dropped 37,18 cents to XNUMX dollars a barrel.
In Piazza Affari it stands out MontePaschi +2%, after the announcement that the bank has sold a portfolio of non-performing loans worth 1 billion euro.
Among the other banks, they retreat Unicredit -0,4% and Understanding -0,9%. Well Pop.Milan + 1,5%.
Generali drops by 0,4%. The market does not react to the news that in 2015 the company cut costs above the target established in the business plan. UnipolSai salt of 0,5%.
Among the industrialists it rises only Fiat Chrysler + 0,4% pending the split of Ferrari shares.
Finmeccanica, which will cease to be the holding company on January 0,2, drops by XNUMX%, StM -1,1% Prysmian -0,6%.
Oil stocks fell reflecting the decline in crude oil. Eni -0,2%Tenaris -0,8% Saipem -0,3%.
slips Enel -0,2%, the other utilities showed little movement.
In the rest of the price list leap of Rcs +6,63% in the wake of the new business plan. Fly Trevi +8,5% which adds up to the +14,5% recorded in the last stock exchange session on 23 December. The leap is due to the expectations for the assignment of the works for the safety of the Mosul dam in Iraq.
Rip today too Pininfarina + 11,7% at 3,35 euros, well above the price of Mahindra's tender offer at 1,1 euros.
Zucchi +9,09% after signing the agreement with the lending banks.
