(Finance) – Positive closing for the few European markets open today, in a session with limited ideas and volumes for the Christmas holidaysand in which the publication of any macroeconomic data was not expected. Several European markets (Milan, Frankfurt, Zurich) they were already closedwhile others closed today’s session early: Madrid at 2pm, London at 12.30pm, Paris at 2.05pm.
At the end of trading, the CAC 40 rose 0.14%, the FTSE 100 by 0.42%, theIBEX 35 by 0.33% andAEX by 0.46%.
European stock markets are preparing to close another year on the risewith the Euro Stoxx 50 recording a +7.8% since the beginning of the year and the STOXX Europe 600 showing a +5.4%, even if there are very different performances between the various lists and the gap compared to the Stock Exchange New York has expanded to significant levels.
The FTSE MIBas of 23 December, shows an increase of around 11% since the beginning of the year, a few decimals better than the FTSE Italia All-Share, while the FTSE Italia Star is down by almost 6% and the FTSE Italia Growth by more than 6%.
Performing worse than Italy are France (CAC 40 at -3 YTD due to the political storm that has been going through for six months now), Switzerland (SMI at +3%) and the UK (FTSE 100 at +5%). We are overtaken by Holland (AEX at +12%), Spain (+13%) and Germany (+18%, driven by SAP and other export-oriented securities). Very far away United States with S&P 500 at +25% and Nasdaq Composite even at +32%. Happy New Year also forAsia with Nikkei 225 at +17%, Hang Seng at +18% and SSE at +14%.