Le banks they drag down Business Square which at the end dropped by 0,45%. Banco Popolare -2,9%, Ubi -2,27%, Intesa Sanpaolo -2,26%. Down too Mediaset (-1,4%) after Bernstein's downgrade from marketperform to underperform. He runs Buzzi Unicem (+4,7%) and Saipem (+4,6%) which has already exceeded half of the orders forecast for the whole of 2013 in the engineering and construction business unit, exceeding 6 billion euro. Luxottica +2,67%. Headlights up Camfin: the establishment of the new company (made up of all Italian investors) which will have to launch the takeover bid on the company to withdraw it from the market and shorten the corporate chain that leads from Gpi to Pirelli would be in the final stages. Clessidra, Intesa Sapaolo and Unicredit have just signed the loan agreements to provide the company with the necessary resources.
On the other hand, the other European lists closed positively between thin exchanges, recovering towards the end of the session on a volatile day: London (+0,71%), Paris +0,33% and Frankfurt +0,19%. The Bundesbank notes in its monthly report on Germany's economic situation that the recovery should gain momentum in the second quarter of 2013. The markets are awaiting monetary policy guidance from the Fed, with tomorrow's speech by Ben Bernanke to Congress, and the Bank of Japan. At the close of Europe, the Dow Jones and the Nasdaq move in positive territory. Expectations on a possible slowdown in the expansive policy in the USA caused gold to collapse, dropping 0,98% to 1.370 dollars an ounce. On the currency market, the euro dollar rose to 1,2910 (+0,22%). WTI oil slips by 0,73%% to 96 dollars a barrel.
A Wall Street attention to Apple decreasing on the expectation of the hearing of CEO Tim Cook at the US Senate permanent subcommittee on the question of tax avoidance. Apple is a company that has values: "We pay all the taxes we owe, every single dollar," Cook said during the hearing. Also in the spotlight is JpMorgan who climbs into the double seat of the president and Jamie Dimon on the day of the vote.
