European stock markets mixed at the start of the last session of the week. By mid-morning, Milan gained 0,9%. They follow in no particular order Frankfurt (-0,05%), Paris (+ 0,03%), Madrid (+ 1,35%) and London (-0,15%).
Weighs on the markets the thud of Wall Street, where is the Dow Jones closed down 2,8%, the worst drop since June, and theS & P 500 by 3,5%. Even worse the Nasdaq: -5%. The wave of sales was triggered by a setback in technology stocks, over which, after much rushing, profits prevailed.
The long wave of the United States has also made itself felt in Asia: a Tokyo the Nikkei index closed down by 1,1%. The Topix is also bad (-0,90%).
As regards the individual shares of the Ftse Mib, Mediaset holds the bench (+6,63% to 1,68 euros) after the sentence of the EU Court and the interest, shown by the Biscione, in enter the business of the Single Network with Tim and Open Fiber. For the rest, the best trends are those of Bpm bank (+ 5,56%), Amplifon (+ 3,69%), Finecobank (+ 3,33%) and Pirelli (+ 2,47%).
Atlantia (+1,12%) partly recovers Thursday's drop (-6,13%, which in turn came after Wednesday's +16%). St Microelectronics it climbs back (+1,12%) despite the slowdown in technology.
At the end of the main price list in Piazza Affari we find Exor (-1,17% after the accounts, which showed a loss of 1,318 billion in the first half), Ivy (-0,61%), Moncler (-0,33%) And Generali (-0,31%).
In general, uncertainty prevails on the markets, with operators preferring to wait for the data on US employment for August, arriving at 14.30 pm Italian time.
Weak the Petroleum: the contract on WTI maturing in October drops by 0,65%, to 41,1 dollars a barrel, while that of Brent maturing in November drops by 0,64%, to 43,79 dollars.
On the currency side, theeuro it slows down and changes hands at 1,1842 dollars (1,1813 at the previous close). At the beginning of the week, the single currency had risen above the threshold of 1,20 dollars, the maximum in 28 months, to then take the downward path. The euro is also worth 125,71 yen (from 125,85 at the previous closing), while the exchange rate between the greenback and the Japanese currency is at 106,158.
Lo BTP-Bund spread it travels at 150, just one basis point more than yesterday's close.
Finally, thegold it is up 0,25%, at 1935.7 dollars an ounce.
