(Finance) – Piazza Affari progresses without great momentumwhile the main European markets lose some positions. TO Banking stocks are supporting Milan, with the focus remaining on the consolidation of the sector after Friday night UniCredit has filed the exchange offer document with CONSOB on BPM deskwhich CEO Andrea Orcel defined as “congruous” (even though the Banco BPM stock closed on Friday at 7.846 euros, well above the 6.657 euros per share offered by UniCredit based on the OPS exchange ratio) .
Meanwhile, investors await the decisions of the central banks: on Wednesday Fed is expected to lower interest rates by 25 basis points, while on Thursday the Bank of Japan should leave them unchanged. Decisions are also awaited in China, England, Sweden and Russia. This morning Christine Lagarde (ECB) said that “the current policy stance is restrictive. But if incoming data continues to confirm our baseline, the direction of travel is clear and we expect to lower interest rates further.”
Slight growth ofEuro / US Dollarwhich rises to 1.053. THE’Gold shows a timid gain, with an increase of 0.41%. The Petrolium (Light Sweet Crude Oil) is essentially stable at $70.96 per barrel.
Slightly rising spreadwhich is positioned at +116 basis points, with a modest increase of 2 basis points, with the yield of the 10-year BTP equal to 3.40%.
In the European stock market scenario he hesitates Frankfurtwith a modest decline of 0.25%, London is stable, reporting a moderate -0.05%, and a slow day for Pariswhich marks a decline of 0.38%.
Piazza Affari continues the session with a fractional gain on FTSE MIB by 0.33%, continuing the positive streak that began last Wednesday; along the same lines, the FTSE Italia All-Share it makes a small leap forward of 0.27%, reaching 37,218 points.
In fractional decline the FTSE Italia Mid Cap (-0.52%); on the same trend, just below parity FTSE Italia Star (-0.48%).
Among them best Italian shares large capitalization, BPER advances by 1.83%. It is moving into positive territory MPS Bankshowing an increase of 1.65%. Money up BPM deskwhich recorded an increase of 1.63%. Modest performance for Leonardowhich shows a moderate increase of 1.36%.
The worst performances, however, are recorded on DiaSorinwhich gets -2.00%. Decline decided for Amplifonwhich marks -1.86%. Under pressure Inwitwith a sharp decline of 1.51%. Small loss for Stellantiswhich trades at -1.44%.
At the top among Italian shares a mid-cap, Digital Value (+5.98%), Ifis Bank (+1.80%), Cementir (+1.08%) e Comer Industries (+0.95%).
The strongest sales, however, occur at Juventuswhich continues trading at -1.91%. He suffers San Lorenzowhich shows a loss of 1.89%. Prey for sellers Webuildwith a decrease of 1.85%. He hesitates Carel Industrieswhich lost 1.43%.