Mps does not stop the collapse on the Alexandria scandal and today it loses 8,19% to 0,23 euro with 7% of the capital exchanged. The loss count rises to over 20% in three sessions. However, Piazza Affari manages to react by returning to positive territory with an increase of 1,01% driven by the recovery of the other banks and by the US data which also gave impetus to the rest of the European lists. Paris rose by 0,70%, London by 1,09% and Frankfurt by 0,53%. The PMI index which measures German economic activity in the services sector, released by Markit at the beginning of the morning, jumped to 55,3 in January, signaling a clear recovery higher than estimates (52,0).
In United States last week the applications for subsidies of unemployment they fell 5.000 to their lowest level since January 2008 at 330.000 against analysts' expectations for a hike to 355. In addition, the economic super index rose by 0,5% in December after the November data was revised to unchanged from the previous -0,2% while the estimate released today by Markit indicated a manufacturing PMI rose to 56,1 in January points from 54 in December.
A Wall Street's S&P 500 briefly climbed above 1.500 points for the first time since December 2007, driven by the retail and financial sector and the Dow Jones gains 0,66% to 13.869,63. The Nasdaq, on the other hand, yields 0,66% weighted by Apple. The Cupertino-based company yields 10% after quarterly accounts which have disappointed analysts' expectations and which have recorded a decline for the first time in almost ten years. The euro strengthened against the dollar to 1,3374 (+0,42%) while the dollar-yen exchange rate (+1,48%) ran to 89,92 after the record Japanese trade deficit. Oil rose by 1,22% to 96,24 dollars a barrel.
At Piazza Affari the banking sector rebounds while the spread returns below 260 basis points to 257. Unicredit +4,16%, Bper +4,02%, Azimut +3,56%, Ubi Banca +3,42%, Mediolanum +3,10%.
At the bottom of the Ftse Mib, behind the Mps landslide, Fiat -2,04% on rumors of another slump in car sales in January. As reported by the Corriere della Sera, in January the decrease for registrations in Italy should approach 20%. Pirelli -1,95%, Parmalat -1,12% and Tod's -0,97% on profit taking after the group published data in line with expectations yesterday evening after the markets were closed.
Among the smaller titles Noemalife leaps by 9,55% following the news that the Etablissement Hospitalier Universitaire and the Polyclinic of the University of Sciences and Technologies of Oran in Algeria have chosen the company's solutions to computerize the clinical processes of their facilities
