Slow down in the final Piazza Affari -0,05% which in any case closed slightly lower in a European context which became more cautious in the afternoon. The Ftse Mib index stopped at 22.315 points behind Madrid +0,21%, recovering from the most tense days of the Catalan crisis. In pale red Paris -0,2%, negative by more than one point Frankfurt (-1,16%). More solid London +0,12%, which exceeds the cut in GDP estimates thanks to new confidence in an agreement with Brussels on Brexit by the deadline of 19 December.
Mark the pace too Wall Street, just hours after the Thanksgiving holiday break and, before closing, the release of the minutes of the last Fed meeting: S&P 500 -0,1%, Dow Jones -0,2%.
The best blue chip today, with a 1,7% gain is General Electric, i.e. the worst stock since the beginning of the year (-42%).
Shines Deere+4%: the machinery manufacturer beat expectations. The performance of the US group favors the rise of Chn Industrial + 0,3%.
Heavy Hewlett Packard About -8%: CEO Meg Whitman has announced that she will leave office in February.
Brent oil climbed 0,6% to $62,8. The data on crude stocks in the United States is in line with the consensus forecast: last week there was a drop of 1,8 million barrels. Eni + 0,6%. Saipem + 0,1%. Tenaris -0,4%.
On bonds, the yield of the BTP stands at 1,764%, separated from the Bund by a spread of 141 basis points.
Euro zone consumer confidence rose to its highest level in seventeen years in November according to the European Commission's first estimate released today. Consumer morale increased to 0,1 from a revised -1,1 in October. This is the first positive reading of the index since January 2001
As expected, the European Commission has included Italy among the five countries at risk of not complying with the Stability Pact in 2018. Commissioners Valdis Dombrovskis and Pierre Moscovici insist on an adjustment of 0,3% of GDP, but they do not threaten the infringement procedure for now. We'll talk about it again in the spring. For the Mef, dialogue with the EU will make it possible to avoid new measures.
On the Italian stock market, it is recovering ground Leonardo +2,7% from the losses triggered by the quarterly report of 9 November, which cost about a third of the value of the stock. The support of the Natixis study was decisive, which raised the rating from Neutral to Buy and brought the target price to 13 euros.
Highlights too Telecom Italy +1,83%.The CEO mos Genish said that the company is working with the Government to implement the golden power and willing to cooperate with Open Fiber on the network. According to Genish, the next plan, which will be presented between February and March, will see an increasingly digitized company and a reference industrial player.
The big banks are positive. In the final session, Unicredit + 1,2% Understanding + 1,88% Where's Banca + 0,7% Mediobanca +1,23%. Down Bpm bank -0,7%.
Volatile sitting instead for Banca Carige -6,98% to 0,0112 euros on the day ofstart of the capital increase which provides for the assignment of 60 new shares at 1 cent for each option right held.
Valtellinese credit -3,4%. For the 700 million euro capital increase, contacts are underway to create a guarantee syndicate, Reuters wrote yesterday evening. Full support for the industrial plan has already arrived from the main shareholders. Monte dei Paschi Bank + 2,24%.
Lose 0,93% Is in the, which yesterday presented the new strategic plan for 2020. Kepler Cheuvreux raised the target price on the stock to 6 euros from the previous 5,80 euros.
Off the main list, a 12,17% leap for Astalls, on press rumors about the entry of a new shareholder.
