The week of the markets starts on positive ground. Halfway sat the Stock Exchange Milano earn 0,3%. Along the same lines Frankfurt (+ 0,3%), Paris (+ 0,4%) and London (+0,4%). The lists follow the positive trail opened by Wall Street last Friday and confirmed overnight by the Stock Exchange Tokyo, where the Nikkei index finished up 1,19%, while the broader Topix index rose 0,81%. The rest of Asia is also doing well: ad Hong Kong the Hang Seng index gained 0,74%, while in mainland China the Stock Exchange of Shanghai recorded an increase of 1,23% and the composite index of Shenzhen scored a jump of 2,24%.
On the debt market, good demand and slightly higher yields for the half-yearly government bonds awarded today at auction. In detail, the Treasury has placed 6 billion BoT maturing on 31/08/2018 against total requests of 9,393 billion euro and with a coverage ratio of 1,57. The yield recorded a slight increase (+1 basis point) compared to the previous month's auction, settling at -0,403%. The auction regulation falls on February 28th.
As regards the individual shares of the Ftse Mib, the new record of Moncler (+3,4%), which scores the best increase in the basket pending the bills, expected for tonight.
Also good Ferrari (+1,5%) and oil companies: Eni + 0,4% Tenaris + 1,2%.
Telecom Italy +0,7% after the increase in the F2i-RaiWay offer for Persidera and the arrival of a new proposal for the same asset by the ISquared fund.
Pirelli +0,3% pending the publication of the 2018 accounts.
Bene fca (+0,6%) after the rumors of the Financial Times on the possibility goodbye to diesel by 2022.
He rears up BC Carige (+6,2%), which has gained around 20% since the announcement of Raffaele Mincione's entry into the capital. Among other banks, weak Unicredit (-0,5%) And Understanding (-0,2%).
Rcs Media Group (+3,7%) returns to the levels of the beginning of February after the indications provided by the president and to Urbano Cairo on the improvement of operating margins and the reduction of debt.
Out of the Ftse Mib, rip Maire Tecnimont (+9,6%) thanks to a positive assessment by Barclays analysts. Geox on the other hand, it gained 2,8% after the results announced last Friday with the markets closed.
In football, it collapses Roma (-4,7%) after the home defeat against Milan, While the Lazio salt by 0,7% and the Juve travels on parity after the postponement of the match against Atalanta.
On the foreign exchange market, theeuro it climbs back to 1,2326 dollars, from 1,2295 on Friday evening. Traders are awaiting the speech by ECB president Mario Draghi, who will speak today before the European Parliament, but above all the speech that Jerome Powell, new president of the Fed, will deliver before the financial services committee of the US Chamber on Tuesday 27 February, with a day ahead of schedule.
Finally, on the side of Petroleum, April WTI is traded at 63,6 dollars a barrel, while April Brent is in the 67,4 area. The Saudi Energy Minister said that for the first three months of 2018, production will be below the thresholds set by the agreement with OPEC and other countries.
