European stocks close higher, following yesterday's record highs Wall Street thanks to the abating winds of trade warfare. At the moment the American Stock Exchange is accelerating, even if the Nasdaq still seems uncertain.
Business Square: +0,9, 22.178 basis points. To drag the Ftse Mib are Atlantia (+2,64%) and the Agnelli galaxy, while the banks are in conflict.
The gains are even more substantial a Frankfurt +1,56% and London +1,62%. Well Paris +0,98% and Madrid, +0,99%, the latter also supported by the increase in the country's growth estimates for 2018 by the government: GDP +2,7%, against +2,5% previously estimated. On the macro front, there was a drop in economic sentiment in the Eurozone in March, while in the USA in the same month manufacturing activity slowed down, albeit remaining in expansion.
L'EUR it loses something against the dollar, but remains in the 1,24 area against the dollar. It depreciates moderatelygold, 34,8 euros per gram (-0,43%). Little moved the Petroleum, with Brent at $69,57 a barrel.
Positive session for the Italian secondary school. The spread of the ten-year bond is down to 128.20 basis points compared to the German counterpart (-1,54%) and the yield slightly down to 1,79%. “The good performance, after yesterday's decline – writes Reuters – is even more significant in the light of the auction round at the end of the month. After today's placement of the six-monthly Bot, with the rate falling to the lowest since December, the appointment is with medium-long term auctions.
Tomorrow morning the Treasury will offer investors from 6 to 7,5 billion euros in the reopening of BTP at 5 and 10 years and of the CCTEU with rates also seen in this case down compared to the placements at the end of February, immediately before the elections”.
In Piazza Affari the best blue chip is Atlantia +2,64%, followed by stm +2,53%. They travel hard too Ferrari +2,43% ed Exor, + 2,41%. Leonardo earns 1,93%, with the announcement of an order in Poland of over 115 million euros.
The least popular titles are Ferragamo -1,12%; Mediobanca -0,52%; Snam -0,53%; Terna -0,42%; Banca Generali -0,08%. The banks file a session with ups and downs. Monte dei Paschi also today it loses 2,61%.
Unicredit +0,7% is appreciated, despite the Times wrote that CEO Jean Pierre Mustier could be a candidate for the role of CEO of Deutsche Bank, following rumors of John Cryan's resignation as CEO. Out of the main list Ivy + 1,72% celebrate the 2017 accounts and the increase in the dividend at 9,5 cents versus 9 cents last year.
Smooth debut for Fervi, -0,13%, Modena-based company active in the supply of professional equipment for mechanical workshops, car workshops and carpentry. The title remains flat, starting today in the Aim segment of Borsa Italiana.
