Wall Street opens higher, in the wake of European stock markets, growing thanks to an easing of tensions in Eastern Europe, where there is talk of a possible ceasefire. On the American economic front, the spotlight today is instead on orders from companies, but above all on the Beige Book, the Federal Reserve's report on the American economy, arriving at 14 or 20 pm in Italy.
In the first minutes of trading, the Dow Jones index marks an increase of 0,33% to 17122 points, while the S&P500 gains 0,26% to 2007 points and the Nasdaq rises by 0,23% to 4608 points. After yesterday's steep declines, October crude oil contract is up $1,09, or 1,17%, to $93,97 a barrel, while December gold futures are up by $1,9, up 0,2% to $1.266,9 an ounce.
