Borsa Italiana heads Euro-pack in bullish session
(Teleborsa) - Fresh buying puts Piazza Affari in pole position, while Europe is also up. Wall Street sees the S&P-500 move up a notch, registering an increase of 0.27%.EUR / USD trades down -0.27% in a weak session. Gold is slightly up at 2,688.9 dollars per ounce. Oil prices are essentially stable, with Light Sweet Crude Oil trading sideways at 70.75 dollars per barrel.
The Spread puts on 2 basis points to +120 BPs, with the Italy Government Bond 10-year yield at +3.39%.
Among the major European bourses, Frankfurt rises +0.87% on positive cues, London looks composed with modest growth of +0.61%, and Paris is in good fettle with a +1.47% increase.
The Milanese stock exchange looks bullish, with the FTSE MIB advancing to 35,073 points; similarly, steady gains for the FTSE Italia All-Share as it reaches 37,226 points.
The FTSE Italia Mid Cap is trading just above the flatline (+0.42%), as the FTSE Italia Star gains marginally (+0.45%).
Poste Italiane (+3.47%), Finecobank (+2.54%), Prysmian (+2.42%) and Campari (+2.41%) among the best performing blue chips in Piazza Affari.
Digital Value (+13.92%), Anima Holding (+2.83%), Fincantieri (+2.57%) and Webuild (+2.28%) are among the big players in the FTSE Italia Mid Cap index.
Maire reports the heaviest losses, currently suffering from a -2.75% down.
Troubled GVS falls -2.71%.
Alerion Clean Power is down, with a net loss of 1.52%.
A sluggish day for De'Longhi, which drops -1.26%.
Among the most relevant macroeconomic data:
Thursday, 10/17/2024
1:50 AM Japan: Trade balance (expected -237.6 Bln ¥; prev. -703.2 Bln ¥)
6:30 AM Japan: services index, monthly (expected -0.2%; prev. 2.2%)
11:00 AM European Union: consumer price index, yearly (expected 1.8%; prev. 2.2%)
11:00 AM European Union: Trade balance (expected 17.8 Bln Euro; prev. 21.2 Bln Euro)
11:00 AM European Union: consumer price index, monthly (expected -0.1%; prev. 0.1%)
11:00 AM European Union: Prezzi Consumo Ex Tabacco, yearly (prev. 2%)
2:30 PM USA: retail sales, yearly (prev. 2.16%).
(Teleborsa) 10-17-2024 04:00 PM